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Saturday, March 3, 2012

Missouri Education Watchdog: Take this Educational Survey on School Reform from a George Soros Funded Think Tank

Missouri Education Watchdog: Take this Educational Survey on School Reform from a George Soros Funded Think Tank:

Take this Educational Survey on School Reform from a George Soros Funded Think Tank

Don't you just love it? Republican and Democrat politicians in various state and federal positions tout school choice as parent driven. They tend to minimize or ignore the fact the parents have no control over WHAT their children are learning. They don't mention the Common Core standards are used in charter schools and do not function much differently in educational content delivery.

If the primary reason traditional schools are failing is the educational content (the alleged reason for the implementation of Common Core standards), then why does the need exist to close traditional public schools and open charters and utilize trigger options, which will teach the same content? The syllogism should read:
  • Major Premise: public schools do not operate under state standards stringent enough for students