2020 LAUSD ELECTIONS
From The Person Who Brought You Common Core…
Ignoring his failed record as Obama’s Secretary of Education, LAUSD board candidate Marilyn Koziatek accepts Arne Duncan’s endorsement.
“The best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina.”
- Arne Duncan
Hidden in the pile of Trump’s broken promises is the one where he pledged to get “rid of Common Core.” While this set of standards is opposed by “an unusual coalition of right-wingers, liberals, teachers, and parents”, it has long been supported by Trump’s Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos who “spent millions lobbying politicians in her home state of Michigan asking them NOT to repeal Common Core.”
The birth of the Common Core started with the valid premise that there should be a nationwide set of minimum academic standards. However, the project was doomed for failure when education professionals were excluded from the process of determining what standards were relevant. Instead, corporations that profit off the standardized testing industry were given sole responsibility for its implementation. The result is an “all must fit one size”…
