Speaking at a local school board
meeting earlier this month, a Tennessee high school senior issued a
brief and incredibly insightful address on the problems with Common Core
standards.
Ethan Young, a student at Farragut High
School in Knox County, Tenn., made his case as to why he believes the
school district should drop the new national education standards, a set
of guidelines that were never voted on by Congress, the Department of
Education nor by local or state governments.
“The president essentially bribed
states into implementation via ‘Race to the Top,’ offering $4.35 billion
taxpayer dollars to participating states, $500 million of which went to
Tennessee,” Young said. “And much like No Child Left Behind, the
program promises national testing and a one-size-fits-all education,
because hey, it worked so well the first time.”
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