After President Obama’s 2008 election, liberals learned to go
around Congress and got their education plan called “common
core” and/or “college and career readiness,” using regulations
without passing laws. President Obama’s 2009 economic stimulus
bill (to stop the recession) had $800 billion for jobs, with
$4.35 billion for “Race to the Top” funds for education. When
states refuse to accept “common core,” government stops paying
Title 1 money for low-income students. This is blackmail.
Alabama’s education standards are now 95 percent of the new
common core. Why change? Alabama can improve standards by simply
adopting the highest-ranked standards of other states, like
Massachusetts (English language arts) and California
(mathematics). Alabama must recall common core standards. The
federal government only pays a state for 10 years, and then it
stops. After 10 years, according to education expert Emmett
McGroarty of California, Alabama will have to pick up all costs
to keep our schools operating. Common core mu