EDUCATION

They didn’t stop with the Department of Education. When test scores went down, the elites in Washington, D.C., came up with more federal regulations. When that led to lower scores, they (Republicans and Democrats in Washington—George Bush and Ted Kennedy) came up with No Child Left Behind. That was a disaster. Our kids learned less, and some teachers cheated, so they came up with the Race to the Top. That has been a disaster. In fact it has been so sad to watch states and communities act like beggars as they tried to please the Washington Bureaucrats. Giving up freedom for money, now that is disappointing. Now, you would think they would give up and let the states and local communities go back to educating kids without Federal Interference … but no, no, they want more control. So here comes Common Core. Another disaster, this time with corporations making plenty of money off the backs of low test scores. It is time to rise up against Federal Involvement in our kids ’ education. And across the country, mothers and fathers are doing just that! Instead of another Orwellian phrase, why don’t we just start up our nomenclature - “leave our kids alone!”