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Originally Posted by Duck Butter
Jindal was once an advocate of common core. He is only against it now because Obama is for it.
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A lot of state leaders and educators turned against common core over time as the intent and implementation of common core changed in important ways:
1. Over time, common core shifted from a state led initiative to a centralized authority.
2. Common core evolved into a tool for introducing politically correct positions on controversial issues like homosexual marriage and global warming into the curriculum.
3. Common core shifted to include centralized record keeping and cradle to grave privacy intrusions for every student.
4. On the assessment side, common core morphed into an unfunded mandate for excessive standardized testing.
5. Comon Core grew to include not just descriptions of what students needed to know, but excessively micromanages how it is to be taught.
In summary, Common Core had the support of many state leaders and educators when it was crafted and portrayed as a common curriculum to improve educational standards. It began to be widely rejected after it grew into an expensive and oppresive tool for centralized control, robbing states and local districts of freedom to craft and deliver curricula that best meet the needs of their students.
I applaud Jindal for rejecting Common Core. Sure, he should have seen it coming that it would change into a centralized power grab, but at least he abandoned it after it did.