Leslie Postal of the Orlando Sentinel recently interviewed many Central Florida residents regarding the common core standards.  The following are some excerpts from the article.

“Florida’s Common Core education standards make for dry reading. But they’ve created such a fierce political battle that when the state asked for public comments, more than 19,000 of them poured in.

On Tuesday, the State Board of Education will be briefed on the public’s thoughts.

Here is a sampling of the comments — pro and con — culled from the Florida Department of Education’s website:

“No Common core period … our federal government can no longer be trusted … keep everything having to do with schools at the state level. NO for the ‘common good … commie brainwashing!'” wrote a parent.

“What[‘s] more dangerous to a child than a stranger with candy? How about a government subliminally attacking our children with negative reading material in our schools? It is my feeling that this is an attempt to attack the minds of our young to adapt a liberal passive mindset. Stop Common Core as quickly as you can,” wrote a resident.

“I love Common Core. Please do not bend to political pressure from a small group of non-educators,” wrote one teacher.

“Keep all the Common Core State Standards. Students in Florida need to be held to the same high standards as the rest of the United States. We want our students to be able to compete in the job market now and in the future,” wrote a parent.”

The article continues to talk about their support for the law, and the specific issues that the area has with the law.  You can ready the full article on the Orlando Sentinel Website at: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/education/os-common-core-comments-20131117,0,4018555.story