Republicans are the party of limited government, right? Republicans are the party of decentralization, right? Republicans are defying the federal government on federal education mandates that stifle innovation, discourage critical thinking, cram more standardized tests down our throats and herd us all into a one size fits all indoctrination system, right? Not if you’re Governor Chris Christie, or, according to the governor’s remarks, many other Republican governors.
The adoption of Common Core by so many Republicans is disheartening. Do they all send their children to public school so that their children will reap the benefits of Common Core? I doubt it.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." Thomas Jefferson
"If people can’t trust not only the executive branch but also don’t trust Congress, and don’t trust federal judges, to make sure that we’re abiding by the Constitution with due process and rule of law, then we’re going to have some problems here." - Barack Obama, June 7, 2013