(As in “Ow, that smarts!”)
We’ve had some time to digest the results of Common Core–years, in fact–and now we know: it’s been a spectacular success! By now at least half our college-bound high school seniors can pass this test.
You don’t hear much about Common Core lately. “Gender-Affirming Care” has been grabbing all the headlines. But whatever’s occupying center state, we know we can rely on our national teachers’ unions to finish the job!
Are you going to wait until they cancel all our history?
(Man, I’ve got to get some oomph today! I need to write my Newwithviews column, which I forgot to do last week. But first this…)
The Stamford, Connecticut, school district has voted, 5-3, to remove the Columbus Day holiday from its school calendar (https://nypost.com/2024/01/29/news/connecticut-school-district-facing-backlash-after-stripping-veterans-day-columbus-day-from-holiday-calendar/). While they were at it, they also canceled Veterans Day.
The reason given was that the school year is too long, so let’s get rid of these two days off. The public is not happy with the school board’s decision. And that’s putting it mildly.
Well, folks, the ball’s in your court. Keep your kids home on Columbus Day–what’s the school board going to do then? Better yet–keep ’em home, period. Don’t let the teachers’ union and a pack of self-anointed “educators” turn them into good little brainless leftids.