Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Watch another high school student take down Common Core like a boss


Another high school student at Farragut High School in Knox County, Tenn. is receiving widespread attention for an eloquent speech he made against Common Core at a school board meeting.

This time the student, Kenneth Ye, gave a rousing speech before the Knox County school board urging it to drop the Common Core standards because they make learning joyless and, in fact, turn American schools into something approaching Chinese sweatshops.

“Our schools are being turned into data-run factories,” Ye charges around the 4:30 mark in the video, “factories based on speedily-approved standards that are now being implemented around the country.”

3 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness we need this young man in Washington !!!

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  2. From my sister Anne:

    "I don’t know a public school teacher who does not agree with him."

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