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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Now, if you are upset that local control is allowing bad books to be selected as the curriculum, you sound like you have no faith in local control over schools. If so, there's a big problem, because local control is also what you are arguing FOR. How can you argue both for and against local control? 
 
 
 
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And, you think I have faith that Big Brother will choose the right curriculum for my child?  Wow.  [b]The locals shut it down.[/b]  Pay attention.[/quote]

The locals shut it down because the locals set it up. How much faith do you have in Medium Brother to choose the right curriculum for your child?[/quote]

What's a medium brother?[/quote]

If Big Brother is the federal government, I'm guessing the PP meant that Medium Brother is state or local government.  The point is that the same people seem to be arguing contradictory things.  For example:

CCSS is evil because it is federal control of curriculum.  AND  That local authority should never have been allowed to choose books for students to read, or topics for students to write about.

CCSS is evil because it is designed to hold bright high achieving (my) kids back so they learn at the pace of Title 1 kids.  AND CCSS is evil because it is expecting Title 1 kids to do things that only bright high achieving kids are capable of doing.

CCSS is evil because it comes with testing that is required for almost every child and focuses narrowly on grade level standards AND We should go back to the good old days of NCLB.

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