Arne Duncan: ‘White suburban moms’ upset that Common Core shows their kids aren’t ‘brilliant’

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55. thanks

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Honestly where Barack sends his children is not a huge issue (after all if I remember correctly Amy Carter was the last White House child to attend public school and there were logistical problems with it)- but to try to sell it after the fact as a "religious choice" seems disingenuous. That's all.

My argument is with the destruction of public education in this country, amongst other similar issues. Arne Duncan was an abysmal pick, but I realize that agendas are being served and I think this goes much higher that Obama.

To be clear I don't think it is Obama's fault that we are in debt either. When folks look at the condition of this country they need to realize we had republicans cutting taxes (especially capital gains on the very wealthy) the past 30 years, unions being pushed back, and our industry outsourced all while putting wars on credit cards. The blame for all of that lies at the feet of the republican party.

It's a much different country now than it was 35-40 years ago when I was growing up. To get to a better place however it is going to take a lot of local action in the form of voting and marching and striking - and I think we need to be brutally honest about what we see happening.