Talk:Common Core

If there is a Conservapedia article that completely supports the idea of a parodist given free reign to make conservatives look ridiculous it is this one. In an article almost completely devoid of references for nonsensical claims, the main author spouts the most inane nonsense. Even our national leaders are falling for the idea Common Core is a federal program. I’m willing to bet Sen. Cruz only read the first sentence before posting this tweet about repealing a non-existent federal law. [1] [2]

- National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers developed Common Core, not the Feds. [3] Anyone saying otherwise is either lying, miss-informed, or whatever…

- Kentucky is an early adopter of the standards and they achieved promising results. [4]

Common Core may have faults, but please try not to make conservatives look foolish by writing a contemptible article that insults our intelligence. --RobinBast 20:04, 17 March 2015 (EDT)

Common Core does have a lot of faults, but when it comes down to basics, it's an attempt to have kids dumbed-down further by a liberal-imposed curriculum. We've already got a high drop-out rate, violence in schools, teachers "playing" with students, and a system meant to set back the smart kids because it makes the dumb kids feel better. And the basic function of any school is to build kids up, not tear them down. Who's in control of the public school system? A bunch of liberals. They believe that 1+5=17, provided you get 10 out of the first number. This is Common Core in reality[5], and if anything is a parody, this is it. Karajou 20:20, 17 March 2015 (EDT)

The NGA is liberal? Wow! And the wild accusations continue. Kentucky’s drop-out rate is decreasing, time will tell with other states. Setting back smart kids? The American public school system is not one huge entity, the idea someone could believe such a concept exists here is quite, well, simplistic. Any chance the article could be improved with referenced factual information?--RobinBast 20:39, 17 March 2015 (EDT)

The first problem with imposed liberalism is for the liberals to deny it. You're not one of them, are you? Karajou 20:42, 17 March 2015 (EDT)--RobinBast 21:31, 17 March 2015 (EDT)

One of my colleagues, a flaming, tree-hugging liberal, pointed out Sen. Cruz’s transgression and CP’s Common Core article. I didn’t believe someone (Cruz) could say something so dumb nor could I believe CP would have such a ridiculous article. Like I said earlier, Cruz’s comment and this article insult our intelligence. I’ll ask again, will this article be improved with factual information?--RobinBast 21:31, 17 March 2015 (EDT)

The article is open to editing. Anyone is free to nitpick or improve it with edits. The Obama Administration does promote Common Core. Here is what USA Today said:

“ Gov. Bobby Jindal filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Obama administration, accusing it of illegally manipulating federal grant money and regulations to force states to adopt the Common Core education standards. The U.S. Department of Education has used a $4.3 billion grant program and federal policy waivers to encourage states to adopt uniform education standards and testing. The Republican governor says that "effectively forces states down a path toward a national curriculum" in violation of the state sovereignty clause in the Constitution and federal laws that prohibit national control of education content. ”

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Aschlafly (talk)

Robin, first there is nothing stopping the addition of relevant, factual information. So you can do something to it. Second, we learned the hard way - and this is backed up by fact - that liberals are liars without exception. So if they say Common Core is good, there's something seriously wrong with what they are pushing. Karajou 00:47, 18 March 2015 (EDT)

I give up; this conversation is going all over the place. Jindal's lawsuit is a joke, states are not required to adopt Common Core nor are they required to use dirty stinking federal money. If the governor of Louisiana doesn't want federal money he doesn’t have to take it. I’m skeptical of the invite to add relevant and factual information since this article contains mostly unreferenced opinions and the website administrators are doing nothing about it. Why single out liberals for being liars without exception? This is an article about a bipartisan educational standard that states are free to accept or decline.--RobinBast 19:28, 18 March 2015 (EDT)

RobinBast, taxes are not optional. Louisiana conservatives and other conservatives are helping to fund Common Core garbage.Conservative 21:01, 18 March 2015 (EDT)

Mongoose's List

I know Mongoose added a link to his wordpress site, but it is a link to a list of common core supporters, and a pretty extensive one at that (see the archive for his talk page). Koi already mistook it for spam as well. I'm adding it back in, though I don't want to start an edit war.--Abcqwe (talk) 06:33, 16 May 2017 (EDT)

I didn't take an extensive look through that list, but a couple of points to make: That teachers' unions would support trash like Common Core, designed with the intent of further dumbing down and frustrating America's already-struggling schoolkids (as well as indoctrinating them in liberal and Islamic ideology), is bad enough (but not surprising) and gives another reason why teachers' unions need to be abolished completely. That said - chambers of commerce? Why would any chamber of commerce, which is supposed to be pro-business, support something which (through liberal indoctrination and its intent to fail schoolkids by design) potentially comes across as anti-business by possibly reducing the number of future businesspeople and entrepreneurs (who would certainly need a proper education - which Common Core does not provide - to conduct business)? Northwest (talk) 07:59, 16 May 2017 (EDT)