Common Core at #CPAC2014
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaking at CPAC
Common Core, as an issue, has been largely absent from CPAC – at least in the Potomac Ballroom. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) discussed it during a bloggers briefing when I asked him about the silence at the conference yesterday. Today, Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) came closest when he said the Constitution doesn’t give the right to “federalize the classroom.” He called for the Federal government to roll back to what the Constitution actually allows.
There was a panel discussion yesterday on Common Core sponsored by the Hertiage Foundation. Below is my recap from my liveblog yesterday at Caffeinated Thoughts (go to the bottom and read up).
4:25p: Session is wrapping up. My iPad keyboard needs charging and the blog able aspects of the conference is about over. Signing this off for the day. One last comment from Stergios: If the Common Core assessments die, the Common Core dies.4:21p: Mike Huckabee was pointed out by a member of the audience. Stergios defended to a point saying that Governors Huckabee and Jindal are coming at this from a perspective of having poor state standards. Solution should have come from the state.4:18p: Stergios: Voucher programs in Indiana, Ohio and Indiana have come with strings