(IBD) Duncan Blames Common Core Fight On 'White Soccer Moms'

Common Core: Rather than defend a program accused of indoctrinating students via national standards and whose implementation is as bad as ObamaCare, Education Secretary Arne Duncan plays the race card.

Perhaps nothing personifies the arrogant nanny state paternalism of the Obama administration more than this statement by Duncan on Friday: "It's fascinating to me that some of the pushback is coming from, sort of, white suburban moms who — all of a sudden — their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were and their school isn't quite as good as they thought they were, and that's pretty scary."

Secretary Duncan made his comments about the Common Care State Standards (CCSS) before a group of school superintendents in Richmond, Va., to a meeting of the Council of Chief State Schools Officers organization (CCSSO). This is one of the two organizations that own the public license to the Common Core State Standards.

The Common Core State Standards Initiative was devised by a group of the nation's governors and backed by the Obama administration in 2009 with the goal of setting a uniform standard for grades K-12 nationwide. Some 45 states, in many cases enticed by federal grants, have signed on.

It has since morphed into what many consider an attempt to nationalize education and control what future generations think and know.

Once again, as with ObamaCare, the Obama administration has told Americans they are too stupid to know what's good for them — and their children.

It opposes choice in health care and choice in education, even though the evidence shows choice and competition always improve quality and reduce cost.

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Patricia Gillenwater November 21, 2013 at 6:48pm

Duncan "stepped in it" as they say. He merely spoke what they think behind closed doors. Obama's MSM reported but many quickly then placed his comments balled up in the trash bin.
TONY SALAZAR November 18, 2013 at 7:39pm

If you're interested in finding out more about Common Core and its destructive capabilities, just like Obamacare, go to this website: https://www.fpeusa.org/index.php/about/defeating-common-core

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