Another Bizarre Day in Common Core Land: Name Calling and A Gates Funded Organization Wants to Know Your Opinion on CCSS
Is a Wyoming survey to determine citizen CCSS opinion part of a revamped PR campaign by the supporters?
The CCSS supporters really want to know what you think about CCSS. Really. It only took them 4 1/2 years after the roll out to invite you to the table and ask your opinion, but be careful before you sit and partake. Legislators and organizations supposedly want to know what you want, but be careful what/how you answer. Those answers might be the basis of a new campaign to tell you why you really need them. The above graphic comes from a presentation by Matt Gandal explaining the reason to up the PR campaign against those who oppose CCSS. (Gandal’s power point presentation has been pulled from the Internet but visit the MEW link for the majority of the slides).
Why be cynical about legislators’ intentions to NOW ask how you feel about an educational reform plan that circumvented the political process and voters? Let’s revisit how some legislators view your opinion. The national media had a field day with Representative Mike Lair in Missouri when he inserted $8.00 into the budget for tin foil. This was a nudge to the citizens to cease and desist who were raising concern about the Common Core State Standards Initiative at the statehouse during the last legislative session. National Review Online titled its article about Representative’s Lair attempt at humor: Is This Guy America’s Most Arrogant State Lawmaker?
Rep. Lair might have earned that title for his smug marginalization of those who ask questions of their governmental officials and bureaucrats. As in any contest, along with the winner, there are runner-ups. Here is a state legislator who may have seen Lair crowned as the most arrogant and he wants to join the pageant of politicians who slap labels on constituents in an attempt to ridicule Another Bizarre Day in Common Core Land: Name Calling and A Gates Funded Organization Wants to Know Your Opinion on CCSS | Missouri Education Watchdog: