Target: The Common Core and beyond

Target: The Common Core and beyond

National advocacy groups powered by the Koch brothers and other conservative megadonors have found a new cause: bringing down the Common Core, writes Stephanie Simon for Politco.com. A draft action plan by the advocacy group FreedomWorks lays out the effort as a series of stepping stones: First, mobilize to strike down the Common Core. Then push to expand school choice by offering parents tax credits or vouchers to help pay tuition at private and religious schools. Next, rally the troops to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. Finally, eliminate teacher tenure. Picking up the mantle of parental rights "casts a passionate and caring light on our activists -- different from the image currently portrayed by media," the draft states. The campaign also offers a chance to attract new members -- "especially minority communities." Conservative organizations have dedicated the most resources to fighting the standards, but liberals have also been highly active on social media and at public hearings and are not happy that conservative strategists are looking to harness the opposition to their own ends. The politics of the debate are so tangled that policy analyst Frederick Hess said he doubts groups like FreedomWorks will be able to mold the opposition into an effective lobbying force for bold goals like expanding vouchers. More

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