Issue Position: Federal Over-reach

Issue Position

I stand against federal education programs such as Common Core, CSCOPE and what ever other name may be placed on educational programs that present a bias that is not aligned with known, well documented American History, Social and Political Science. It is more than a cliche, it is the truth when we hear that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Sending money to the Federal Department of Education and allowing a team to top notch bureaucrats the opportunity to siphon off a slice before it is returned to the classroom is outrageous. Again, our State and our educators must have the latitude to teach factual content, free of political opinion and rhetoric. It seems to me that placing money in the school budgets to pay teachers is a far better plan than paying those who don't teach.

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