Republicans are stuck debating whether, rather than how, the federal government ought to be involved in education, while Democrats are squeezed between superintendents, school boards and teachers» unions that want money with no strings, and activists with little patience for concerns
about federal overreach.
The evidence and the grassroots have for years been consistent
about federal overreach, obvious pay - for - play and a regrettable revolving door that recycles corporate puppets of elite donors to experiment on live children using junk science while ignoring proven educators.
My experience traveling to red states to testify on the Common Core has shown me that about 98 percent of this debate — on the right, at least — is
about federal overreach.
But from 2007 to 2014, there were drastic changes in the political landscape: The tea party moved politics at large to the right, and Obamacare ignited concerns
about federal overreach across the government.
Now, in both cases, I think the Administration erred and gave national standards opponents an opportunity to raise concerns
about federal overreach.
Bush's challenge is that he has thus far failed to reassure conservatives that he takes seriously their concerns
about federal overreach when it comes to the Common Core.
But there are probably lots of others who will read the letter and fume
about federal overreach.
Not exact matches
While currently blocked by the
federal judiciary, the group says the Clean Power Plan should be redrawn to address concerns
about regulatory
overreach and the possibility of infringing on state authority.
Yet for all the yammering of politicians
about federal meddling and
overreach in the realm of academic standards, nearly as many Americans (41 percent) would have the
federal government take the lead in «setting educational standards for what students should know» as would assign that role to the states (43 percent).
As a result, the Common Core got enmeshed in partisan debates and concerns
about Obama - style
federal overreach.
political views
about «
federal overreach»?
Much of the misinformation centers on the perceived role of the
federal government in this state - led effort, with some characterizing the Common Core as national standards and an example of
federal overreach that usurps state and local decision making
about what and how students should learn.
Recent criticism of the proposed student aid prepaid card from the Office of
Federal Student Aid raised questions
about the FSA mandate and possible
overreach in the student loan market.