THE WASHINGTON POST 8 MAY 2014: RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS USE COMMON CORE ATTACKS TO UNDERMINE PUBLIC EDUCATION

"A year ago I wrote about how extreme right-wing rhetoric against the Common Core State Standards was clouding a substantive debate about the Common Core State Standards initiative. Now a report by the Southern Poverty Law Center details how right-wing extremists are using Core opposition, conspiracy theories and misinformation to undermine the very notion of public education. The report, called “Public Schools in the Crosshairs: Far-Right Propaganda and the Common Core State Standards,” distinguishes between legitimate criticism of the standards — which comes from various points on the political spectrum — and the right-wing campaign to cast the initiative as a “nefarious plot” by liberals “to turn public schools into anti-American, anti-God indoctrination camps that churn out submissive automatons who will unquestionably serve the interests of the government and big business.” MY OPINION: Criticism or right-wing propaganda? Read the Opinion by Valerie Strauss and get your own one. READ MORE AT: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer sheet/wp/2014/05/08/report-right-wing-extremists-use-common-core-attacks-to-undermine-public-education/