Anyone Who Disagrees with King John Is a Special Interest
Rookie teacher/ NYS Education Commissioner John King has declared he will no longer discuss Common Core with the public. They have been manipulated by "special interests." It could be those awful teacher unions, except they all happen to support Common Core. So it must be individual parents and teachers. Who the hell do they think they are to publicly express opinions?
In King's view, parents and teachers have no right to advocate for their students, and should simply do as they're told by Pearson and Gates. They are not special interests, one must suppose, because they have all that money.
King is in their thrall, and can stand for 90 minutes and rhapsodize on how wonderful Common Core is. It's wonderful that two-thirds of our children are failing. Nothing meant anything until we introduced Common Core, and those of us who were educated before its inception did not know how to think critically and could not possibly know anything. It's vital that our children know how to think critically.
And by thinking critically, Reformy John King clearly means they should accept his edicts without question. Parents
In King's view, parents and teachers have no right to advocate for their students, and should simply do as they're told by Pearson and Gates. They are not special interests, one must suppose, because they have all that money.
King is in their thrall, and can stand for 90 minutes and rhapsodize on how wonderful Common Core is. It's wonderful that two-thirds of our children are failing. Nothing meant anything until we introduced Common Core, and those of us who were educated before its inception did not know how to think critically and could not possibly know anything. It's vital that our children know how to think critically.
And by thinking critically, Reformy John King clearly means they should accept his edicts without question. Parents
