<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/> More Bad News for the Liberal Education System...Ed Secretary: States ‘Dummied Down’ Standards Because It ‘Was Good For Politicians’ Seeking Re-election <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/more-bad-news-for-the-liberal-education-system-ed-secretary-states-%e2%80%98dummied-down%e2%80%99-standards-because-it-%e2%80%98was-good-for-politicians%e2%80%99-seeking-re-election/> *Scotty Starnes <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/>*| January 19, 2011 at 10:35 AM | Tags: Arn Duncan <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=arn-duncan>, Department of Education <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=department-of-education>, education requirements<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=education-requirements>, No Child Left Behind Act<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=no-child-left-behind-act>, Rev. Al Sharpton <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=rev-al-sharpton>, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=secretary-of-education-arne-duncan>, teacher unions <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=teacher-unions> | Categories: Uncategorized<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?category_name=uncategorized>| URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-4ba
Since the Teachers Union took over the education system in the late 1960's, our kids are being dumbed down. U.S. children went from being ranked #1 and #2 in Math and Science to today where they can't even crack into the top 25. We've thrown trillions of dollars at the education system due to cries from teacher unions about the need for more teachers and smaller classrooms. The Department of Education's mission<http://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/fed/role.html>is "to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access." How has that worked out for our children? It's a failure. Our children are being dumbed down thanks to the government and teacher unions. (CNSNews.com<http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ed-secretary-states-dummied-down-standar>) -- When speaking before Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan charged politicians with “dummy-ing down” state education standards under the No Child Left Behind Act to increase their chances of being re-elected. “Historically in our country, I think particularly under the current law, No Child Left Behind, lots of states dummied down standards,” said Duncan at the National Action Network’s Martin Luther King, Jr. day prayer breakfast on Monday. * “They reduced standards. Why? Wasn’t good for children; wasn’t good for education; wasn’t good for the country -- was good for politicians.”* “It made politicians look good,” he said. *“You could dummy down your standards and tell the press and tell the public – if you could tell the public that more students in your state were quote/unquote meeting state standards, that helped you get re-elected. But it did a great disservice to young people.”* Continue reading>>><http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ed-secretary-states-dummied-down-standar> Add a comment to this post<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/more-bad-news-for-the-liberal-education-system-ed-secretary-states-%e2%80%98dummied-down%e2%80%99-standards-because-it-%e2%80%98was-good-for-politicians%e2%80%99-seeking-re-election/#respond> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/16068/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/16068/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/16068/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/16068/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/16068/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/16068/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/16068/> [image: WordPress] WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com/> | Thanks for flying with WordPress! Manage Subscriptions<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&email=baconlard%40gmail.com>| Unsubscribe<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&email=baconlard%40gmail.com&b=ujQ%3FfhevKPO7w9Qi%26mKBK3nHJ1%7E%5DHRf.mn44NW%5Bbz>| Express yourself. Start a blog. <http://wordpress.com/signup/?ref=email> *Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser:* http://subscribe.wordpress.com -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
