At 10 a.m. this morning, Emmett McGroarty, one of the architects of the Common Core rebellion, spoke at CPAC, asking GOP presidential candidates: “[A]re you fighting the Common Core? Are you fighting for change in the federal government that will prevent a travesty like this from ever happening again? That’s what candidates are going to have to answer. The voters want acknowledgement that the Common Core is of poor quality and that it was forced upon them.”
When pro-Common Core leaders (like Ohio Gov. John Kasich) regurgitate their talking points, McGroarty has some advice for concerned moms and other GOP primary voters:
“The strategy of Common Core proponents has always rested on certain talking points—and I think it’s important to realize that those talking points were crafted before Common Core was even drafted. They say it’s state-led, they say that the standards are rigorous and internationally benchmarked—the fact is that none of these things are true. Common Core locks students into an inferior, low-quality education. The proponents are hanging on to those false talking points because they recognize that if people realize they’re not true, Common Core will collapse.”
The Common Core Moms are not going to give up, he points out:
“This is a movement led by grassroots activists—by moms—and they’re going to war against anything that interferes with their right to have a say in what their children learn—that includes Republicans in Congress, that includes Democrats in Congress, that includes the current attempt to try to re-authorize No Child Left Behind—it’s a very strong movement, it’s a passionate movement, and it’s one that’s growing by the day.”
