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Ed Bill By Emmett McGroarty on December 21, 2015 Filed Under:

Student Succeeds Act, Paul Ryan, President Obama, Republican Party

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Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA) was a disaster that would

1 SOCIAL ISSUES ECONOMICS COMMON CORE LATINO VOTE CANDIDATE AUTHOR Obama Administration Reveals GOP Leaders Betrayal on Common Core in Ed Bill By Emmett McGroarty on December 21, 2015 Filed Under: Commentary, Common Core, Arne Duncan, education policy, Every Student Succeeds Act, Paul Ryan, President Obama, Republican Party Share 1.1k Tweet Share 1 Share 1 Pin3 Toyotathon is On Biggest Sales Event of the Year. Get a Great Deal on a new Toyota Anti-Common Core activists tried for months to warn Congress that the new federal education bill (the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA) was a disaster that would cement, not overturn, the odious progressive-education philosophies of the Obama Administration. Except for 64 House members (click here to see how your member voted) and 12 senators 1 of 11 12/22/15, 9:42 PM

2 that the activists were dead on and that Republican leadership, including Sen. Lamar Alexander, Rep. John Kline, and House Speaker Paul Ryan, carried out a cynical scheme to betray their constituents and give the Administration everything it wanted. This confirmation comes from someone who should know Education Secretary Arne Duncan. In a just-released interview with Politico Pro, Duncan expressed joyful incredulity at how wonderful ESSA turned out to be from the Administration s point of view (meaning, how bad it is for children, families, and the Constitution). I m stunned, he said, at how much better it ended up than either [House or Senate] bill going into conference. I had a Democratic congressman say to me that it s a miracle he s literally never seen anything like it. What s so good about ESSA, according to Duncan? [I]f you look at the substance of what is there... embedded in the law are the values that we ve promoted and proposed forever. The core of our agenda from Day One, that s all in there early childhood, high standards [i.e., Common Core], not turning a blind eye when things are bad. For the first time in our nation s history, that s the letter of the law. So just as the grassroots warned, the core of the [leftist] agenda is embodied in the unread 1,061 pages of ESSA. Every member of Congress who claims to be conservative and who voted for this, deciding to trust the establishment rather than the knowledgeable constituents who know this issue intimately, should hang his or her head in shame. And as for the establishment assuming Duncan is telling the truth, and as a lame duck on his way out the door, why shouldn t he? what they did is beneath contempt. In Duncan s own words, speaking of Alexander and Kline: We had many, many conversations behind the scenes.... And I said for us to support it, they d have to shed their far, far right [i.e., constituents who support the Constitution and oppose Common Core].... I honestly didn t know if they d have the political courage to do that. But they both said they would and they did. I give them tremendous credit for that. 2 of 11 12/22/15, 9:42 PM

3 and we just talked briefly. I asked if he was going to back this, whether he s willing to take on the far right. I just asked him straight up. And he said, Absolutely. We re going to back this. And, he did. That s when I thought it had a real shot. Here is where Duncan describes the tactics of the Republican betrayal: We were intentionally quiet on the bill they asked us specifically not to praise it and to let it get through. And so we went into radio silence and then talked about it after the fact.... Our goal was to get this bill passed intentionally silent on the many, many good aspects of the bill... [W]e were very strategically quiet on good stuff.... So Alexander, Kline, and Ryan asked the Administration to keep quiet while they slipped its policies into the bill that they would then market to their far right as something that overturned those policies. The far right wasn t fooled, but many, many members of Congress were. And then Duncan took a victory lap: The final thing is we have every ability to implement, to regulate the law... it s just a Washington typical storyline.... And candidly, our lawyers are much smarter than many of the folks who were working on this bill. There are some face-saving things you give up, some talking points you give up, which we always do because we re focused on substance. And we have every ability to implement. That s all I ve ever wanted. Ever the savvy bureaucrat, Duncan realizes that implementation is often more important than statutory language and he s been given language that he can run with, all the way to progressive Utopia. Duncan brags that his people outsmarted the Republicans working on the bill, which is certainly easy to believe. But maybe it was more than stupidity on their part maybe the card-carrying members of the education establishment such as Lamar Alexander really agree with the leftists and have really bought into their dangerous philosophies. 3 of 11 12/22/15, 9:42 PM

acceptable statements from them should be along the lines of, I m sorry, and I choose not to run for re-election.

actually believed any integrity remained in the Republican establishment.

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4 acceptable statements from them should be along the lines of, I m sorry, and I choose not to run for re-election. And as for Alexander, Kline, and Ryan they have simply betrayed their constituents, especially the last few who actually believed any integrity remained in the Republican establishment. Remind us again why we need a Republican Party. Has it not gone the way of the Whigs? Emmett McGroarty is the executive director of APP Education. Share 1.1k Tweet Share 1 Share 1 Pin3 RELATED POSTS The GOP s Corrupt Obamacore Bargain Senators Cruz, Paul, Rubio Here s Your Chance Obamacare 2.0? Congress Just Passed a Controversial Bill With Almost No Public Input Republican Leadership Prepares to Ram Massive Education Bill Through Congress Car Seat Covers All Makes Free Shipping on Seat Cover Orders. Universal & Custom Fit Available. 7 comments KarenBracken 26 people listening 4 of 11 12/22/15, 9:42 PM

5 KarenBracken 1 hour ago I hope you don't think any of us are surprised at his candor. He is basking in rubbing salt into our wounds. But he has declared war and he will not be prepared for what is coming next. Do not mess with a momma bear. My question is what will the states do to tell the US Department of Education (which is an unlawful, unconstitutional agency) to take their ESSA and shove it where the sun don't shine. The states need to keep ALL their money in the state and only send the feds what they need to support the 18 enumerated powers given to them by WE THE PEOPLE. TimSlekar 10 hours ago This delusion where champions of progressivism and champions of conservatism are engaged in a battle for the soul of American public schools purposely blinds citizens to the neo-liberal and neo-conservative dismantling of traditional public education. crunchymama Now let's have a talk about how Duncan himself betrayed American families and children and teachers hours ago TimSlekar 11 hours ago One big problem with this post. Obama and Duncan are not progressives ushering in a new wave of leftist reforms. Stop imagining that education policy is easily divided into progressive and conservative positions. Education policy in the US has been corporatist, neo-liberal and neo conservative for the last thirty years. There is nothing progressive about test and punish and mandatory and standardized curriculum (common core). This is BIG GOVERNMENT repubs and dems maintaining control of a valuable market and entrenching a surveillance system. The betrayal is not repubs that went along with a leftist education agenda. The betrayal is that the overwhelming support in the house and senate had nothing to do with education philosophy and everything to do with maintaining control. Our ruling class is celebrating the victory as we remain stuck in a left right delusion. 1 Rita Cetti 10 hours You're right, except for one thing. This is an election year and everyone is stacked up to move Hillary into the White House to further fund the Clinton Global Initiative 5 of 11 12/22/15, 9:42 PM

6 sheep from the wolves anymore, and that's the way they made it and that's the way they want it to be. Progressives have been given a green light, and they've taken the blue and red one too TimSlekar 10 hours This delusion where champions of progressivism and champions of conservatism are engaged in a battle for the soul of American public schools purposely blinds citizens to the neo-liberal and neo-conservative dismantling of traditional public education. Rita Cetti 7 Cetti Enjoy the delusion as long as you can. We fought a world war to avoid this once before. Now it's called Progressivism. This time it might work because the people we'd have to fight is ourselves and our delusions that it can't happen again. % NEWSLETTER karen.bracken@reagan.com First Name: Karen Last Name: Bracken State 6 of 11 12/22/15, 9:42 PM

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