Even for liberal educators, even from the very start, didn't it strike everyone that Common Core was way too big, too sudden, too fast. A huge top-down governmental imposition that would transform everything from K to 12. Once it was locked into law at the federal level, we would never escape from it. There was NO testing, no confirmation that any of the ideas worked. They don't, unless the goal is to befuddle students.

It almost succeeded as planned by David Coleman, Bill Gates and other interlopers because the federal government dangled huge amounts of money in front of the cash-starved states. That's a cheap gimmick and a good reason to be suspicious.

 In any event, almost 2 years ago Trump casually announced: "We have to get rid of Common Core. Return control to the local community." That sounded like good policy to me.

So I wrote an article today on LinkedIn urging the president to get busy and do what he promised.

My big concern is saving K-12. Abolishing Common Core is a good first step.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/memo-president-trump-common-core-mus...