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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]It's like saying Lockheed Martin and Boeing shouldn't be involved in the development of blueprints for NASA spacecraft.[/quote]

This is not a relevant analogy.  In the case of NASA, NASA is a government agency and they are purchasing something.  They go out and get bids for what they want (it's not what Lockheed or Boeing have decided upon) and try to get the lowest bid in order to safeguard taxpayer money.  In the case of CC, private money was asking for and developed the standards (not a public agency like NASA).  Then the state governments mandate that local governments test using the materials that the privately funded standards have decided upon (and this is all benefiting the private companies who were involved with writing the standards in the first place).  NASA actually writes the standards for what they want and then, yes, Lockheed, etc. develops blueprints based on those standards as part of the bidding process.  The government can accept or reject whatever Lockheed, etc. are proposing.  But, the government remains in control of the process throughout---from beginning to end. [/quote]

No, you're begging the question. The analogy is only irrelevant IF you assume from the outset that private money asked for and developed the Common Core standards.

In which case you can also assume from the outset that Lockheed Martin and Boeing are behind the development of NASA programs. Which actually seems like a more realistic assumption, given the long history of the military-industrial complex, including the fact that we are currently funding F-35 fighter jets and M-1 Abrams tanks that the Department of Defense doesn't even want. [/quote]

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