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offered to states in the form of grants if and only if they adopt it. and now you have waivers from no child left behind. this is incredibly valuable. john: a waiver only if you adopt common core. so there are federal fingerprints all over common core. i think it would be very difficult for any objective observers to say this is totally voluntary and totally state led. john: suggested reading list epa regulation. yeah, yeah. i think there s how to make a brown bag on that as well. health care costs in texas. really exciting materials for ninth grade student to be reading. john: education secretary ari duncan says opposition to common core comes from white suburban moms who all of a sudden their child isn t as brilliant as they thought they were. not surprised that opposition is coming from moms. they are seeing children s homework, come home, common core aligned homework, tests
we ve talked about it, we know about it, but we haven t done enough about it. this status quo is morally inexcusable, it s economically indefensivable and all of us are going to have to roll up our sleeves to change it. and that s why that is why from day one of this administration, we ve made excellence in american education, excellence for all our students a top priority. and no one has shown more leadership on this issue than my secretary of education ari duncan who is here today. i chose arne not only because he s a great ballplayer, we play