John Kasich
Rolling Over for the Feds, Obama
On education, on child and family privacy, and on standing at the constitutional line against federal intrusion, Gov. John Kasich has a poor record.
• Kasich is an unapologetic cheerleader for the low-quality, highly defective Common Core Standards pushed onto the states by President Obama. Among other defects:
o Common Core English standards dictate a severe reduction in classic literature in favor of dumbed-down “informational texts” and even fail to provide for the teaching of cursive writing.
o Common Core math locks children into a slowed-down progression that, by 8th grade puts them over a year behind their peers in high-performing countries. Furthermore, it fails to prepare them for studies in science, technology, engineering and math, and fails to prepare them for admission to competitive public and private universities.
• Kasich falsely argues that the Common Core Standards were “written by local school districts,” a statement that has been rightly criticized as incorrect.
o The official list of the Common Core Standards writers includes several testing company representatives and members of special interests groups. It does not, however, contain a single person from the state of Ohio.
• Rather than discussing the substance of the Common Core, Kasich’s response is to ridicule the large and active anti-Common Core grassroots operation in Ohio, even though only 26% of Ohio voters support Common Core.
• On the issue of student privacy, Kasich has exploited, not protected, students and families in Ohio. He created a $250 million fund to provide grants to various educational groups for the creation of the Straight A Fund. Unfortunately, the 350 school districts participating in the program are required to share extensive amounts of personally identifiable data. The Data Sharing Agreement offers no safeguards stating, “[the] School District may disclose Personally Identifiable Information from an Education Record of a student or parent without consent if the disclosure is to organizations conducting studies for, or on behalf of, educational agencies or institutions to improve instruction.”
Resources:
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/02/18/john-kasich-ohio-governor-south-carolina-gop-2016/23627115/; http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/02/21/ohio-gov-john-kasich-common-core-opposition-just-a-runaway-internet-campaign/; http://mediatrackers.org/ohio/2014/05/05/kasich-lies-about-obamacare-common-core-wtam-1100; http://truthinamericaneducation.com/candidates-on-education/john-kasichs-alternate-common-core-reality/
See http://www.nga.org/cms/home/news-room/news-releases/page_2009/col2-content/main-content-list/title_common-core-state-standards-development-work-group-and-feedback-group-announced.html
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/02/21/ohio-gov-john-kasich-common-core-opposition-just-a-runaway-internet-campaign/.
http://truthinamericaneducation.com/candidates-on-education/john-kasichs-alternate-common-core-reality/
See http://www.education.ohio.gov/Topics/Straight-A-Fund/About-The-Straight-A-Fund
Agreement for Sharing Data by and between the Ohio State University and Local School Board- www.ohioansagainstcommoncore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Straight-A-Fund-Data-Sharing-Agreement.pdf