California abandons algebra requirement for eighth-graders

[HiPointDem]

27. Talk to Bill Gates about it, because he's the main force behind THE NEW NATIONAL STANDARDS,

COMMON CORE, THAT states are forced to sign onto in order to get certain federal funding.

Most have already signed on.

Read the fucking article. It's not about california. Every state in the union will wind up following the same standards if they want federal funding. It's coming from the education deformers, especially Bill Gates, who put up most of the money.

The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a U.S. education initiative that seeks to bring diverse state curricula into alignment with each other by following the principles of standards-based education reform. The initiative is sponsored by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). The past twenty years in the U.S. have also been termed the "Accountability Movement," as states are being held to mandatory tests of student achievement, which are expected to demonstrate a common core of knowledge that all citizens should have to be successful in this country....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Core_State_Standards_Initiative

FORTY-FIVE STATES HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED THESE STANDARDS. go bitch to bill gates. the only people 'defending it' are the corporatist education deformers.