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The Opt-Out Movement Is Gaining Momentum By Michael P. Evans & Andrew Saultz
The Opt-Out Movement Is Gaining Momentum
- Ed Week
While addressing a group of state schools superintendents in 2013, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan described opposition to the Common Core State Standards as driven by "white suburban moms" whose primary concern was that "their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were, and their school isn't quite as good as they thought."
In essence, Secretary Duncan dismissed parental opposition as the byproduct of self-interested parents who were more concerned about solidifying their social status than with the quality of education their children received. Unfortunately, this line of thinking has been all too common in education circles and has resulted in families being pushed to the margins when it comes to education policymaking.
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