“Common Core,” a testing mechanism invented by Achieve, Inc. and funded by the Gates Foundation, was put rather quickly into place as a way to improve achievement levels in grades 1-12.  It is causing much consternation among students, depression among teachers and needed debate all across the U. S.

Four Knox County high school seniors with grade point averages of 4.0 or above have joined in,  and one, Ethan Young, electrified a large roomful of school board members and constituents with his passionate speech that “went viral” with 600,000 hits by the next day.

See what YOU think.  You can probably easily guess what I think!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PprP5TCZBRI