On his radio show on May 6, 2013, Huckabee criticized the “short-sighted” opponents of Common Core, saying that “parents and people involved in their local schools should let it be known that core standards are valuable, and they’re not something to be afraid of — they are something to embrace.”
On May 23, 2013 – Huckabee issued a “clarification” on Facebook that is not any better. "My statement on the Common Core has been misconstrued. While I believe such standards make sense for public schools in math and English, I support parents’ freedom of choice to educate their children however they want, including homeschooling, regardless of the standards that are applied in a public school setting.”
On May 23, 2013 – Huckabee issued a “clarification” on Facebook that is not any better. "My statement on the Common Core has been misconstrued. While I believe such standards make sense for public schools in math and English, I support parents’ freedom of choice to educate their children however they want, including homeschooling, regardless of the standards that are applied in a public school setting.”
Two weeks later on June 3, 2013, Huckabee sent Oklahoma legislators a letter that said in part:
Dear Oklahoma Lawmakers:
As a conservative who served as governor for a state that shares the values of the very Oklahomans you represent, I’m writing to encourage you to resist any attempt to delay implementation of the improved standards adopted by your State Board of Education in 2010. Many of you voted in favor of these standards in 2010. You were right to stand for these improved standards then and you are right to stand for these improved standards still today.
These standards, known as Common Core State Standards, have been near and dear to my heart since I served as Governor of your neighboring state of Arkansas.
And it’s disturbing to me there have been criticisms of these standards directed by other conservatives including the RNC. The truth of the matter is, these criticisms are short-sighted.
Like many of you, I’ve heard the argument these standards “threaten local control” of what’s being taught in Oklahoma classrooms. Speaking from one conservative to another, let me assure you this simply is not true. States and local school districts will determine how they want to teach kids, what curriculum to use, and which textbooks to use."
Dear Oklahoma Lawmakers:
As a conservative who served as governor for a state that shares the values of the very Oklahomans you represent, I’m writing to encourage you to resist any attempt to delay implementation of the improved standards adopted by your State Board of Education in 2010. Many of you voted in favor of these standards in 2010. You were right to stand for these improved standards then and you are right to stand for these improved standards still today.
These standards, known as Common Core State Standards, have been near and dear to my heart since I served as Governor of your neighboring state of Arkansas.
And it’s disturbing to me there have been criticisms of these standards directed by other conservatives including the RNC. The truth of the matter is, these criticisms are short-sighted.
Like many of you, I’ve heard the argument these standards “threaten local control” of what’s being taught in Oklahoma classrooms. Speaking from one conservative to another, let me assure you this simply is not true. States and local school districts will determine how they want to teach kids, what curriculum to use, and which textbooks to use."
(NOTE: Huckabee while still Governor of Arkansas served as the Chair of the National Governor's Association (NGA) from July, 2005 - August 2006, at the time when all the negotiations were going hot and heavy to brainwash all the governors to participate in the Common Core scam. In November 2007 the CCSSO presented the national common core standards at its annual policy forum. I want to remind all parents there was not one legislative vote taken in any state that agreed to particpate in the CCSS.)
UNICORNS ARE 4 REAL!Apr, 2015 - As parents by the thousands are opting their children out of the Common Core-aligned tests throughout the country, and many states are besieged by massive technological glitches that are preventing the tests from being administered at all, pro-Common Core headliners like Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, and Gov. Terry Branstad (R-IA) have joined together as a group called “Unicorns Are Not Real.”
Funded by PAC Alliance for Better Classrooms, the group purports to ridicule opponents of the unproven Common Core standards with the theme that “most of the things you’ve heard about Common Core” are not real, either. MORE There is Nothing Like Your Own Words!
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M. Huckabee Dumps Common Core - Picks A Run For President Instead!
Dec 2013 - Fox News Channel host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) is considering a 2016 presidential bid, and one of the first things he has done to test the waters for his candidacy is to abandon the Common Core academic standards, a sign that the new education program is fast becoming a toxic issue for political candidates. (NOTE) you all should remember that all Governors who ran in the 2016 election supported Common Core BEFORE signing on! During his FNC show over the weekend, however, Huckabee made a special note of letting viewers know he was no longer supporting the Common Core standards for which he and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) have been avid campaigners.
“I don’t support what Common Core has become in many states or school districts,” Huckabee said. (NOTE: Here he blames the rottenness of common core on the states and not the fact it has been rotten all along hence the objection to it by so many teachers and parents.) |