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Pop Quiz: What Did Arne Say?


1. Although Arne Duncan has spent 1,672 hours trying to convince the public that the US Department of Education had nothing to do with Common Core, what suggestion did he offer to Iowa parent Lisa Dunhammer, whose 5th grade son refuses to do the Common Core homework assigned each night?


a) Make sure his school follows USDA Standards for School Breakfast and Lunch

b) Ask the school to assign a different lunch period.

c) Play a little hoop with him after every half-hour session with the homework.

d) Each morning and before he goes to bed, talk to him about being college- and career-ready for the Global Economy.


2) When asked why a stem cell paper riddled with errors was retracted but Common Core isn't, Arne Duncan said:

a) It's apples and pineapples.

b) David Coleman went to Yale.

c) The US Department of Education had nothing to do with Common Core, which was the result of grassroots demand.

d) Go fly a kite--or bounce a basketball. The US Department of Education believes in choice.

3. When asked about the similarity between Common Core problems and the fact that no independent scientists have been able to reproduce the work described in the retracted stem cell paper that was riddled with errors, Arne Duncan said:

a) It's apples and pineapples.

b) David Coleman went to Yale.

c) The US Department of Education had nothing to do with Common Core, which was the results of grassroots demand.

d) Go fly a kite--or bounce a basketball. The US DOE believes in choice.


4) Asked why repair of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act has taken longer than a General Motors recall, Arne Duncan said:

a) Ask the Republicans.

b) Ask Bill Gates. He holds the key to education policy.

c) Ask New York Times editorial. They're right about everything else in education policy.

d) Ask General Motors.


5. Asked if he regrets his White suburban moms upset that Common Core shows their kids aren't brilliant remark, Arne Duncan said:

a) Yes. Not all suburban moms are White.

b) Yes. Some brilliant kids don't live in the suburbs.

c) Yes. Common Core helps all kids be brilliant--with no regard to race, religion, ethnicity, or property value.

d) No, it's apples and pineapples.

— Susan Ohanian
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2014-07-28

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