Is she really that clueless, or is it she just has an uncontrollable need to get here name in the news?
Yesterday Utah, and 4 other states, received a NCLB (No Child Left Behind) waiver from the Federal Government. That means we now get to come up with our own process for school accountability and no longer have to meet the unreasonable (and impossible) AYP requirement that 100% of our students graduate at grade level by 2014.
Gayle Nazicka was quoted in the Salt Lake Tribune saying “This waiver is one of the most disastrous things that has happened to education in Utah since the history of federal involvement in education.”
Why does she believe that? Because, according to her, this waiver binds Utah to the new Common Core. That federally mandated, socialist conglomeration of propaganda that is going to force our Utah students to do math word problems filled with the homosexual agenda. At least that’s the way the Feeble Forum sees it.
First, that’s all a load of horse manure. Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education, said “That is just simply an absolute myth.” In fact, one of the states that just received the waiver, Virginia, has not signed onto the Common Core.
You would think that as someone who so hates the involvement of the federal government in our education system, that she would be happy about this waiver. After all, this means less federal involvement.
But reality doesn’t concern her. She doesn’t care that the Common Core came about by states working together, completely absent of federal influence. It’s irrelevant that the State of Utah voluntarily adopted the Common Core, and therefore can un-adopt them if they prove to not fit our needs.
Nope, Gayle and her Forum just like to bitch about things and, putting all that is irrational aside, do what it takes to keep their names in the news.
Good job. Seems to be working.
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