Jerry Brown has a clue, time for the Undemocratic clue award

September 10, 2013
By Chris Reed
First, Obama and company:

The Obama administration has had enough of the California Teachers Association and the California Federation of Teachers and how they use their clout to undercut education reform. - See more at: http://calwatchdog.com/2013/09/10/49550/#sthash.yhCazaXt.dpuf

As usual, DC wants everyone the same, the huge CA system should operate just like the education system in Nebraska. Obama and the DC delusionals are nearly batshit insane.

“Hours before a key vote in the Legislature, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has warned California not to administer a partial practice or field test on the Common Core standards to some students in lieu of giving the existing tests on state standards to all students next spring – or face consequences. “’If California moves forward with a plan that fails to assess all its students, as required by federal law,’ Duncan said in a statement released Monday night, ‘the Department will be forced to take action, which could include withholding funds from the state.’ “Duncan was reacting to Assembly Bill 484, pushed by Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, which calls for immediately ending most state standardized tests, including those required by the No Child Left Behind law for federal accountability: English language and math tests for 3rd through 8th grades and grade 11. Students in districts capable of offering the computer-based field test for Common Core would take either the English language arts or math test, but not both, under the bill.” - See more at: http://calwatchdog.com/2013/09/10/49550/#sthash.yhCazaXt.dpuf

Lets make it simple, fuck you Anne Duncan.
Brown in response:

“Brown doesn’t just seem skeptical of specific reforms but of the whole notion of education reform. Consider his florid veto message rejecting a bill that would have changed how schools are assessed. He called it ‘yet another siren song of school reform,’ a reference to Greek mythology that suggests not just disdain but contempt for reform advocates. “The governor pairs this broad skepticism of reform efforts with a denunciation of federal officials such as U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan for not having ‘a trust or even a belief in local schools’ — as if school reform will ever percolate up from districts in which teachers unions are almost always the most powerful force and use their clout to maximize teacher compensation and jobs protection. “So, to sum up, Brown knows schools need to improve. (Good.) But he is suspicious of reformers and appears to doubt sweeping reforms based on broad policy changes could even work. (Uh-oh.) And he thinks local school districts could innovate their way to success if given the chance. (Oh, no!)” - See more at: http://calwatchdog.com/2013/09/10/49550/#sthash.yhCazaXt.dpuf

I am with Brown the Elder all the way here, but it is Brown the Younger and his baby boomer allies who created the NCLB mess.  Chris Reed of Calwatch takes a different view, but both views have one thing in common, the Federal system does not mesh well in California.

Brown must be learning something, namely that every single interference from DC into the California system is a fuck up; from jails, to transit, to  schools, and now he has to deal with DC delusionals on Obamacare. The California Undemocrats and their behind the scene dealings with National Undemocrats is a study in California self destruction.