Blog Dept. of Education erects obstacles to keep states in Common Core Share This Post Dept. of Education erects obstacles to keep states in Common Core Education / Government / National News By redkudzu_admin on May 12th 2014 No Comments / 148 views When someone hears bureaucratic terms like “compliance, mandates and penalties,” they might think of the EPA, the IRS, or these days, the Department of Health and Human Services. But another federal government department is fast adopting the language of strict and onerous regulation. Annoyed that Indiana wants to extricate themselves from the Common Core education standards, the U.S. Department of Education is erecting procedural obstacles to make this as difficult possible. At stake for Hoosiers is $200 million in federal education funds. The Obama Administration is using “No Child Left Behind” waivers to warn Indiana officials of the penalties they face for non-compliance with Common Core. In a political scheme that could only be hatched in Washington, one federal program enacted under George W. Bush and widely derided for undermining local school authority, is pitted against another federal program even more derided for the same reasons. Read more… Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Login with: Continue with Facebook Continue with Google Continue with Twitter Common Core Education Share This Post redkudzu_admin The goal of this site is to give information. Whether from national sites or locally in Georgia. Related Articles Louis C.K. blasts Common Core, standardized tests May 4th 2016 Diane Ravitch’s blog November 10th 2014 5 Years Into Common Core, 15-Year-Olds Behind 35 Countries in Math January 4th 2017