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Saturday, December 8, 2012

Missouri Education Watchdog: Why The Left Doesn't Want Common Core Rescinded

Missouri Education Watchdog: Why The Left Doesn't Want Common Core Rescinded:


Why The Left Doesn't Want Common Core Rescinded

Agenda driven curriculum courtesy of Common Core?


A previous post explained why Republicans don't want Common Core standards rescinded:

Common Core standards (written by private companies) have mandated this enormous data retrieval.  The mandates have created  a niche for private companies to compel states to spend money on these systems.  The states have to provide the data; the private companies are delighted to supply this need.   THIS is why the Republicans are loath to rescind the standards.  If there are no standards, there is no vehicle/mandate to require this data.  No data means no private start ups to gather the data.  It doesn't matter to the Republicans that these private start ups are using Federal and state money for their "entrepreneurial" ventures. 

It's just a business venture for these companies.  They don't care what the content is, they will be making