Hillary Clinton Thinks Common Core “A Good Idea”
Hillary Clinton was in Iowa today, campaigning.
According to The Guardian’s live blog coverage by Tom McCarthy, Hillary Clinton is sympathetic towards “the plight of Common Core.” McCarthy reports::
Clinton bemoaned the plight of Common Core educational standards, a good idea she said had been taken hostage by the political debate.
Implicit in Clinton’s message is that Common Core would have been just fine except that it became entangled in politics.
Get a clue, Hillary: Common Core was birthed in politics.
But I think you know that.
The National Governors Association (NGA) is one of two organizations that holds theCommon Core copyright. That right there is a problem for a so-called “state led” education initiative.
Then there is US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan using federal money to pay for two Common-Core-associated testing consortia– and announcing as much in 2009, before there even was a Common Core.
Never mind that the other Common Core copyright owner, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), has a CEO, Gene Wilhoit, who thought it would be a good idea to ask billionaire Bill Gates in 2008 to bankroll Common Core.
Politically-connected edupreneur David Coleman– who did business with Arne Duncan during Duncan’s time as CEO in Chicago in 2002– was with Wilhoit when he asked Gates for his money.
Then, a few years later, Wilhoit moved on and was replaced by former Pearson associate, Chris Minnich.
Following his CCSSO retirement, Wilhoit conveniently joined Coleman’s Common-Core-centered for-profit-gone-nonprofit, Student Achievement Partners.
And Coleman moved on to become the president of an assessment company, College Board.
So, you see, Hillary, Common Core was never “not political.”
On June 12, 2015, my book on the history, development, and promotion of Common Core, Common Core Dilemma: Who Owns Our Schools?, will be released.
Clinton should read it.
But back to Iowa.
At least Hillary publicly admitted her sympathy for Common Core.
This puts her on the same side as another 2016 presidential hopeful:
However, according to McCarthy’s report of Clinton’s campaign kickoff in Iowa, Hillary Clinton Thinks Common Core “A Good Idea” | deutsch29: