WATCH: Father Forcefully Ejected From Town Hall Forum for Asking Common Core Question

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17. Common Core is not

'the right tool' for our children. And, it's essential for parents to be involved in their children's education, and to ask questions.

For decades, our system of public education has been designed to produce factory fodder and service industry drones. In the past decade, corporate megalomaniacs (chief among them, Bill Gates) have used their money and influence to privatize schools--blaming 'bad' teachers and 'greedy' unions for the 'failure' of public education in order to fund charter schools and secure profits for a very small number of wealthy business people. NCLB, RTTT, and ubiquitous, unrelenting poverty are the worst challenges to public education. But, only true educators will talk about these challenges.

Those of us who've tried to teach critical thinking skills have been denigrated and/or RIFfed (if not fired outright). And, the United States continues to rank near the bottom in math and science...

If you've not already done so, please view Sir Ken Robinson.