Issue Position: "Common Core"

Issue Position

Common Core is just another way for the Federal Government to control us and our children. Education of our children should be in the hands of parents and the localities they reside. Each state has its own Department of Education and the Federal Government had no authority under the Constitution to create its own Department of Education! In its mission statement, Common Core states that the standards must be voluntarily adopted by the states. There came, however, a financial incentive to encourage voluntarism. The 2009 Stimulus Act provides for $4.35 billion for a Race to the Top in education. States that adopt Common Core are eligible for funding. To date, 45 states and the District of Columbia have joined in the race for the money. They are using our money to finance a socialist takeover of our education system. As parents began to see what Common Core entailed they began to rise up against it. Parents argue that the program is ideological and intrusive. Work sheets prepared for the study of Possessive Nouns ask fifth graders to edit the following sentences:

(1) The president's choices affect everyone.
(2) He makes sure the country's laws are fair.
(3) Government official's commands must be obeyed by all.
(4) An individual's wants are less important than the nation's well being.

Parents are starting to believe that there is a better way to do this.The data mining that is part of Common Core is intrusive and personal. It is hard to understand why your family's income range, voting status and religious affiliation are necessary, but states agree to share that information in order to get the funds. The states are selling out our privacy for funding we pay for out of our taxes. We must return to letting the parents manage education of our children.. Let us return the education of our children to the local school boards. We must stop the brainwashing of our children.

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