As Breitbart.com reported Tuesday, opponents of Common Core were deemed “bullies” after hijacking a pro-Common Core hashtag. Dr. Susan Berry reports:
… proponents of the controversial standards planned for a new PR blitz that would inject some “emotion” into the dry data talking points they have been delivering thus far. Since the anti-Common Core campaign has been run mostly on social media, the standards’ supporters had hoped to get in on some of that action.
As usual, opponents of Common Core also got in on the action, hijacking the #SupportTheCore hashtag.
https://twitter.com/LadyLiberty1885/status/499269555278327808
I can't #SupporttheCore because why in the world would I support something with zero data behind it?
— Shane Vander Hart (@shanevanderhart) August 12, 2014
#supportthecore Because teaching 2nd grade mental math tricks to kindergarteners … What can go wrong?
— Gary Rubinstein (@garyrubinstein) August 12, 2014
We don't #SupporttheCore because kids need more classical literature, not less.
— Truth in American Ed (@TruthinAmEd) August 12, 2014
We don't #SupporttheCore because CCSS represents a top-down initiative that bypassed state legislatures. Executive overreach off the chain.
— American Principles (@approject) August 12, 2014
I DO NOT #supportthecore because it has become about the $$ made from test taking. Stop the madness #stopcommoncore pic.twitter.com/WXf436eGqP
— Angela Weinzinger (@angeldwein) August 12, 2014
Those who #supportthecore ignore how US #edpolicy mimics failed ed mandates tested on the global south. Yoohoo! This is a worldwide assault.
— Lois Weiner (@drloisweiner) August 12, 2014
The Fed Gov has no constitutional right to educational policy. I won't #supportthecore & violate the Constitution. pic.twitter.com/w1NOZgMpHf
— Angela Weinzinger (@angeldwein) August 12, 2014
I can't #SupporttheCore because when has any top-down education idea ever worked?
— Shane Vander Hart (@shanevanderhart) August 12, 2014
Because they were NEVER TESTED, PILOTED, OR TWEAKED Don’t #supportthecore http://t.co/rxQlBM1kaP
— Badass Teachers Asso (@BadassTeachersA) August 12, 2014
I can't #SupporttheCore because focusing on informational text written at a 6th grade level doesn't improve literacy.
— Shane Vander Hart (@shanevanderhart) August 12, 2014
Don’t #supportthecore because it is NOT appropriate for our spec. needs or ELL kids who need a tailored curriculum
— Badass Teachers Asso (@BadassTeachersA) August 12, 2014
I cannot #supportthecore. My SPED students learn in their own time in their own way NOT by age/grade level.
— Mindy Rosier-Rayburn (@MindyRosier) August 12, 2014
I don't #SupporttheCore because teaching kindergarteners to "think algebraically" is developmentally inappropriate.
— Shane Vander Hart (@shanevanderhart) August 12, 2014
#SupportTheCore because if your kids enjoy reading, we can fix that.
— Arthur Goldstein (@TeacherArthurG) August 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/JamesBuckyCarte/status/499310111475519488
https://twitter.com/thechalkface/status/499310852642967552
Because I believe in respecting the needs of young learner I cannot #supportthecore
— Carol Burris (@carolburris) August 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/johnkuhntx/status/499333757946834944
I do not #supportthecore because of these Ten Colossal Errors: http://t.co/RG06YaG5FM
— Anthony Cody (@AnthonyCody) August 13, 2014
https://twitter.com/redheadwrites1/status/499395519811452928
https://twitter.com/MichaelJBowen2/status/499400837782044672
I won't #supportthecore because those who promote it don't subject their children to it. So wonderful? You first.
— Melody Kramer Geroux (@121melody) August 13, 2014
I do not #supportthecore because it was written without public participation, without early childhood or special Ed teachers, untested.
— Diane Ravitch (@DianeRavitch) August 13, 2014
I can't #supportthecore because they were adopted before they were finished by many states desperate for fed funding.
— Melody Kramer Geroux (@121melody) August 13, 2014
Hijacking the reformy hashtag proves our strength. They have more money, but we are grassroots. WE are the people and don't #SupportTheCore.
— Arthur Goldstein (@TeacherArthurG) August 13, 2014
In an article in U.S. News and World Report, Michael Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, bemoaned the “vitriol” in the tweets. “Here you have these teachers speaking their mind and standing up for something and they’re getting all kinds of nasty reactions back,” he said.
Did CC$$ opponents "hijack" #supportthecore day or are supporters simply outnumbered? http://t.co/E3NTWGae1G
— Chris Cerrone #BlackLivesMatter (@ChrisCerrone15) August 13, 2014
https://twitter.com/metfan62/status/499362976496099328
@metfan62 @Stoptesting15 They also don't understand that education should not be partisan, but they make it so. #sad #supportthecore
— NVBATs (@NVBats) August 13, 2014
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