Re: More Bad News for the Liberal Education System...Ed Secretary: States ‘Dummied Down’ Standards Because It ‘Was Good For Politicians’ Seeking Re-election

Here's when you have a problem, demos.

When the bluest state in the union. Massachusetts, and their so blue
they are ultra-violet, teachers unions, tell you the new fed standards
LOWER thier own (thank you Mitt Romney), and suck, you're in a world
of Dingo Kidneys!

On Jan 19, 12:46 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>     <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/> More Bad News
> for the Liberal Education System...Ed Secretary: States 'Dummied Down'
> Standards Because It 'Was Good For Politicians' Seeking Re-election
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> 19, 2011 at 10:35 AM | Tags: Arn
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> Since the Teachers Union took over the education system in the late 1960's,
> our kids are being dumbed down. U.S. children went from being ranked #1 and
> #2 in Math and Science to today where they can't even crack into the top 25.
> We've thrown trillions of dollars at the education system due to cries from
> teacher unions about the need for more teachers and smaller classrooms.
>
> The Department of Education's
> mission<http://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/fed/role.html>is "to promote
> student achievement and preparation for global
> competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal
> access." How has that worked out for our children? It's a failure.
>
> Our children are being dumbed down thanks to the government and teacher
> unions.
>
> (CNSNews.com<http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ed-secretary-states-dummied-down-...>)
> -- When speaking before Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network,
> Secretary of Education Arne Duncan charged politicians with "dummy-ing down"
> state education standards under the No Child Left Behind Act to increase
> their chances of being re-elected.
>
> "Historically in our country, I think particularly under the current law, No
> Child Left Behind, lots of states dummied down standards," said Duncan at
> the National Action Network's Martin Luther King, Jr. day prayer breakfast
> on Monday. * "They reduced standards. Why? Wasn't good for children; wasn't
> good for education; wasn't good for the country -- was good for
> politicians."*
>
> "It made politicians look good," he said. *"You could dummy down your
> standards and tell the press and tell the public – if you could tell the
> public that more students in your state were quote/unquote meeting state
> standards, that helped you get re-elected. But it did a great disservice to
> young people."*
>
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