Jeb's buddy's coming to the rescue of Jeb's Common Core

A large number of seemingly intractable issues divide Republicans and Democrats these days. Nevertheless, two members of the Florida Senate have united to insult voters who disagree with the state�s adoption and implementation of the Common Core curriculum.

This week, state Sen. Jeremy Ring, who represents a ritzy sliver of Broward County, suggested that critics of Common Core are a bunch of simpletons who erroneously believe the curriculum is a massive federal government scheme, reports the Sun Sentinel.

�I think what�s been mistaken is Common Core still does allow for a lot of local control and a lot of local decision-making,� Ring said. �And I think the people that are opposed to Common Core for some reason think that the federal government is making all the decisions.�

Ring then asserted that the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, one of the signature pieces of legislation from George W. Bush�s first term, is a more accurate example of a federal program that causes a loss of local control.

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