Say it ain’t so, Gene! The legendary bass player and reality TV star came out Monday night in enthusiastic support of Common Core. Forget any of those stories you’d heard about life on the road with KISS; this is some seriously shocking stuff.
https://twitter.com/genesimmons/status/387394267196305408
@genesimmons http://t.co/IMWgkngDQX How can U be so sure? One example does not portend 2 a likely trend. What is #integrity of this report?
— GetAReceipt4YourVote (@SuperBowlWs3547) October 8, 2013
https://twitter.com/genesimmons/status/387400622242144257
@genesimmons http://t.co/pDGgxB09jv – @nbcnews not a credible source. They r the parent of @msnbc = #dnctv/I got much respect 4 U & yours!
— GetAReceipt4YourVote (@SuperBowlWs3547) October 8, 2013
Uh oh. The lapdogs at NBC did a report on Common Core and managed to convince Gene Simmons that it’s good for education?
https://twitter.com/klnielsen74/status/387410376498757632
https://twitter.com/klnielsen74/status/387410196084977664
Simmons might have caught NBC’s report, but he must have missed all of the education experts who participated in the #StopCommonCore Twitter rally, as well as Twitchy CEO Michelle Malkin’s smackdown of Common Core cronyism — not to mention the examples of bizarre “number sense” math problems, context-free social studies exercises and sexually graphic literature recommendations. Parents and teachers don’t like Common Core, and they lined up to shout it out loud.
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https://twitter.com/Aletheon/status/387396209628815360
https://twitter.com/genesimmons/status/387401410532220928
@genesimmons How can you be so right and so wrong in that one statement? Teachers union is absolutely a hindrance to the education of kids.
— Rock-n-Roll (@tmcarls) October 8, 2013
@genesimmons Common core is HORRIBLE for the kids. CC is about left wing indoctrination.
— Rock-n-Roll (@tmcarls) October 8, 2013
@genesimmons You are SO wrong about common core. 46 states are now using common core. So Mass is number 1? So what?
— Rock-n-Roll (@tmcarls) October 8, 2013
@genesimmons NO PRIVACY. in Common Core #danger
— Are you Anon? (@UpstateNYYFan) October 8, 2013
@genesimmons I'm not talking about grades/ scores. Gov',t usurpation of power, invasion of privacy via Common Core. Love you, bro.
— Are you Anon? (@UpstateNYYFan) October 8, 2013
@genesimmons When have 45 states EVER agreed on something this big in a few months? Race-to-the-Top funding! Stds adopted b4 even written!
— Stop CCSS in NYS (@StopCCSSinNYS) October 8, 2013
@genesimmons U have a big heart. What about our Special Ed kids in Common Core? NO provisions made 4 them, its hurting them #stopcommoncore
— Stop CCSS in NYS (@StopCCSSinNYS) October 8, 2013
https://twitter.com/genesimmons/status/387407214861762560
This is getting kind of creepy. COMMON CORE. COMMON CORE. COMMON CORE. At least Simmons is willing to listen.
https://twitter.com/genesimmons/status/387407309124562945
https://twitter.com/genesimmons/status/387408109284491265
https://twitter.com/GOPfashionista/status/387411714968260608
https://twitter.com/klnielsen74/status/387411282288074752
@genesimmons Pls read – Lowering the Bar: How #CommonCore #Math Fails to Prepare Students for #STEM http://t.co/4ni3VQhfCo #stopcommoncore
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) October 8, 2013
@genesimmons Dr. Sandra Stotsky (who designed MA stds): Common Core's Invalid Validation Committee: http://t.co/fixqNNfoLJ #stopcommoncore
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) October 8, 2013
@genesimmons no state has been required to teach CC until this year. Last year CC was at a partial implementation. @michellemalkin
— M (@Engerlandm8) October 8, 2013
https://twitter.com/genesimmons/status/387407977830821888
It’s fairly well known that Simmons was a teacher, but this was back in the ’70s.
Kudos to Simmons for being open minded, but before he tweets again about the wonders of Common Core, we have some homework for him:
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Editor’s note: Changes were made to this post on August 6, 2015.
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