Every Claim In This Ted Cruz Statement Is Completely False

[DonViejo]

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At Bloomberg News, Dave Weigel noted that Cruz had been making similar statements for months and sought an explanation. Here is what Cruz’s spokeswoman said:

Common Core is a federally created curriculum that the state’s ‘Race to the Top’ grants are tied to. So if the state does not adopt the standards, it gives up the grant money. But since the federal government created this mess, there should be a way to undo it.

Literally every claim in that statement is false.

First, Common Core is not “federally created.” It was created by the states, on a voluntary basis. As NPR reported, “the federal government played no role in creating the standards, nor did it require that states adopt them.”

Second, Common Core is not a “curriculum.” Federal law actually prohibits the federal government to “to endorse, approve, or sanction any curriculum designed to be used in an elementary school or secondary school.” Common Core is a set of math and English guidelines that outline a set of skills one should have at the end of each grade. The curriculum used to obtain those skills is left to school districts, schools and teachers.

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[Thinkingabout]

1. Several republican states bought into common core, like Jindal of Louisiana and Bush in Florida.

How would anyone figure this is the fault of Obama, never thought Obama caused this also. Teddy, didn't your daddy ever teach you not to lie?

[d_r]

5. jeb bush owns it

We should keep repeating that.

[hifiguy]

2. Listening to or reading anything this nincompoop says

is like watching a duck try to fuck a football.

[riqster]

3. A "FootDucken"?

Brain Bleach!

[KamaAina]

4. Which one?

That doesn't narrow it down very much.