John B. King Kong and the Kommon Kore in All its Kraziness!
When N.Y. State Education Commissioner King predicted a 30% failure rate on the 2013 Common-Core standardized tests, he blamed "all of the adults" for so many kids not being prepared for college and careers. (I'm guessing he didn't count himself as one of those adults). Arne Duncan turned his venom against "white, suburban moms--who all of a sudden--their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were, and their school isn't quite as good as they thought they were." Echoing other comments made by Duncan in praise of South Korea's tiger-like parents, President Obama in his 2014 State of the Union Address looked to "more
