Jindal wants Louisiana out of Common Core

GOOD

But wasn't he for it before he was against it?

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Jindal opposes the standards as an attempted federal takeover of education.

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So will he now reject all federal intrusion and dollars in Louisiana schools?

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So will he now reject all federal intrusion and dollars in Louisiana schools?

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This comment proves how little people know about Common Core.

Common Core was called for and created by the Governors Association of America in conjunction with school districts across the country. The Obama administration merely said they supported it and people went ape shite.

When Louisiana's big industries like oil and gas and successful billionaire businessmen like Bill Gates (I know, oh god, liberal) spend millions creating the standards, then uninformed mom and pops dispute it, who do you really think is right on this issue?

Jindal is pandering. This isn't because it's the right move.

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He was part of the group that created it. He also appointed a staunch common core supporter to run the dept of education.

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Yep. And he did all that because Common Core is the right direction to go, even if people scream because they think it's an Obama indoctrination tool.

Good for Louisiana. I know a lot of people that wished my state did the same.

I'm predicting our governor back tracks on Common Core if he hasn't already.

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Common Core is the right direction to go

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no its not

Why is CC the way to go?

And with that, I officially am no longer defending Jindal. He's done some good things, but he can no longer be defended. He's lost his damn mind.

So now what? We've spent millions upon millions buying textbooks and implementing Common Core over the last year. Many teachers have already begun their lesson plans for next school year using common core.

He expects our state - which isn't exactly one of the top performing states in the country - to create standards that are going to be at least as strong as common core?

And he is doing this over the objections of the state's buiness and industry, legislature, as well as his own appointed school leaders.

And this is something HE created! What an ultimate flip-flopper. All because, well, we hate Obama.

for one...it takes away any say the parents may have in their childs education

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It was not, in any way, developed at the federal level.

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it is controlled at the federal level

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What about the "old model" of education do you think was causing that, such that it will be rectified by common core?

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The whole purpose of the benchmark testing in Common Core was to prevent promotion in any way without demonstration of acquired skills. The purpose to adopting across states was to measure states on a common matrix.

You want to get Louisianaians on par with kids around the country, Common Core provides the means to do that. However, as usual, people bitch about change and anything different, even if the intent of Common Core was to achieve what everyone always bitches about on here--higher standards for education.