BIOLOXI, Miss. – This Common Core critic is not a white suburban Mom.

In the wake of recent comments by U.S Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan that those who oppose Common Core are “white suburban Mothers,” this post may be of interest.

After a common core meeting in Biloxi, Mississippi, this home school father held shot “meeting after the meeting” with activists. He is a father who homeschooled his six children, among them an F-16 fighter pilot and Air Force Captain.

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First, this father dissects what the school officials discussed at the meeting and what they did not know. He said they were unaware of the recent changes at the College Board and the alignment of the SAT and the Common Core.

Then he went into what is the real issue. In his view, what is at stake is not just the political environment in the near term election, but into future elections. He was deeply concerned that the Common Core would change the future political environment for his children and his grandchildren.

“Whoever controls the nation, will control education, not only in this generation, but in successive generations.”

He quoted Abraham Lincoln saying,

“The philosophy of education today will be the philosophy of government tomorrow’…. As a parent I am concerned not only for my own children, but for my children’s children too.”

Thus, the political agenda implicit in the Common Core will set the stage for the future political battles. He suggested that if the state wanted to talk about rigor in education, they needed to look at what worked in the past rather than the Common Core. He noted that 100 years ago, education was not about what to think but how to think. He indicated Common Core did not do that.

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He closes by encouraging listeners to do their own research and find the areas of concerns for parents and teachers.

Authored by Allison Martinez – The Free Patriot