Who would have thought the
champion of charters and school choice, the foe of teachers unions, was
connected to Common Core before most people had even heard the term? Michelle
Rhee is that woman and she has poured millions into getting Republican
candidates elected in at least 17 states [in 2012, 90 out of the 105 candidates
backed by Rhee were Republicans or conservatives] Texas may be next on the list
-- see USA Today op-ed co-authored by Rhee and
Susan Combs, Texas State Comptroller.
The StudentsFirst CEO not only
supports Common Core, two of its lead writers were on Rhee's board of her billion
dollar organization. On IRS 501c (3) and 501c (4) applications for
StudentsFirst Institute and StudentsFirst respectively, David Coleman, regarded
as the architect of Common Core, is listed as Treasurer and Jason Zimba as Director.
Zimba, a Math professor from Bennington College, authored the wacky and
Kafkaesque CCSS Math standards…..To Read More……
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