From the News Service of Florida:
Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, defended the Common Core State Standards against attacks by some conservative activists who fear the standards could lead to federal overreach in the state’s education system.
Answering a question from the audience after a speech on education policy Monday, Gaetz dismissed some of the concerns that were raised by conservatives during a series of public hearings on the Common Core standards, which are based on national benchmarks developed by state officials.
“You can’t dip them in milk and hold them over a candle and see the United Nations flag or Barack Obama’s face,” Gaetz said. “They’re not some federal conspiracy.”
The Senate president did leave open the possibility that the standards might be tweaked as a result of the public hearings if they’re not strong enough in some areas. “I think the common core standards are good, solid standards. … So if there are ways that we ought to raise standards in order to reach higher and expect more of our students and more of our educational system, then let’s do that,” Gaetz said.
Yet he thinks Obamacare is. Geatz who made his bones in for profit hospice care and sadly yes that does exist is the same person who is for merit pay, which has no evidence that says it works, and for charter schools, which has plenty of evidence that says they don’t and since that is the case why should we listen to anything he has to say?