Media declares war on the will of the people
On Wednesday an associate editor for The State newspaper went ballistic because the SC Education Superintendent eliminated Common Core as a reference for the writing of state education standards.
SC Ed Superintendent Mick Zais said new standards, that are being written, should not use widely rejected Common Core Standards on which to base the state's curriculum.
Earlier this year, a state law was passed that would eliminate Common Core from use in public schools.
Because of scheduling, the law would not be implemented until the 2015-16 school year.
But Zais reasons, if you are going to eliminate Common Core, why base standards on it now, that must be removed later. So he used his discretion as superintendent to instruct standard writers to produce the new standards, without Common Core, before he leaves office in January.
By not using Common Core, it saves the state from removing Common Core-based standards when it is mandated Common Core be removed.
But today, The State paper’s news staff has taken up Editor Cindi Ross Scoppe's call to war for Common Core. The newspaper sent reporter Jamie Self out to find education board and commission members to say they will ignore Zais' directive.
Common Core supporter and State Board of Education chairman Barry Bolen declares he will not support or consider “any new standards that do not start with a review of Common Core” from “his” board and the Education Oversight Committee.” which also approves standards.
Melanie Barton, executive director of the Education Oversight Committee, agrees with Bolen and said “ Common Core should be the starting point for the standards rewrite.”
Self reports that legislators will do it the way Zais wants. Probably because their constituents are adamantly against Common Core. But she does not disclose who those legislators are, or include any of their comments. They are in effect muted from the discussion.
Some entrenched senators like Senate Education Committee chairman John Courson, R-Richland, said the new law should start with Common Core.
Sen. Wes Hayes, R-York, said “Everything should be on the table for the standard writers.”
Hayes' comment could be interpreted to mean look at Common Core, then dump it, if it is not conducive to the best policy.
Self also reports"Opponents have criticized the standards for not being written in South Carolina.
However, legislative efforts to repeal Common Core failed this year.”
Those are two misleading, if not totally untrue, statements. Common Core has been rejected, by lawmakers, because of the partisan, liberal, race-based and even anti-American sentiment contained in much of its content.
A Common Core essay used at Meadow Glen Middle School in Lexington One challenges the US Constitution, implying the clause that requires a president to be born on American soil, is outdated, and should be amended to include foreign-born citizens.
Another essay indicates that President Abraham Lincoln was not a hero and criticized him, because he did not issue the Emancipation Proclamation until 1863, three years after being elected.
In Maryland a book containing strong graphic sexual content, and depicting an unhealthy sexual relationship was given to students. Parents were not warned about the adult material in it.
Other themes question the reality of the Holocaust and attack “white” people for not voting for President Barack Obama.
Parents in New York, South Dakota, North Carolina, along with those in South Carolina have rallied to eliminate Common Core Standards from public schools.
Some states have repealed Common Core, and others are planning repeal.
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