Conservative Firebrand Bob Barr Makes Most Blistering Condemnation to Date of Common Core | Scathing Purple Musings

Conservative Firebrand Bob Barr Makes Most Blistering Condemnation to Date of Common Core | Scathing Purple Musings:

Conservative Firebrand Bob Barr Makes Most Blistering Condemnation to Date of Common Core

by Bob Sikes

Wow. Writing for the Marietta Daily Journal, Jon Gillooly  has the story:

MARIETTA — During the public comment portion of the Cobb Board of Education meeting Thursday, former Congressman Bob Barr of Smyrna blasted the controversial Common Core  standards as a packed room of supporters cheered.
The audience waving signs denouncing Common Core and wore T-shirts opposing the adoption of textbooks aligned with the standards, which they believe will cause the federalization of education and loss of local control.
Barr described himself as a long-time taxpaying Cobb citizen, and “also somebody who has seen