Why is Strickland allowing Arne Duncan and the neoliberals in Washington to set the terms of debate for our education process?

If you want to read about why someone opposes Common Core you can check out someone like Diane Ravitch who has written extensively on her opposition to Common Core and has done so many times.

But was Brian Strickland standing up to Arne Duncan and the neoliberal's in Washington DC trying to impose a failed corporatist agenda onto the education of our children these past two years?  Nope. See for yourself.

That might just be why Strickland is on the run from Republicans in his district....

While Strickland was standing with the neoliberals taking away the power of parents and teachers to influence their child's education I was speaking up and speaking out against the failed neoliberal agenda from Duncan and the DC/Wall Street wing of the Democratic Party encroaching on us here in Henry.

My campaign has created an education working group here in District 111 so that the parents, teachers, and administrators locally in District 111 are setting the terms of debate in the education process.  

If you'd like to learn more  go to my website at www.VoteJimNichols.com sign up for emails to hear about upcoming meet-ups and join us in our efforts.  

Brian Strickland might want you to be a spectator that only shows up every two years on election day ill informed and kept in the dark so that Arnie Duncan can set the terms of your child's education. But I expect the citizens of district 111 to roll up their sleeves and fight back against the efforts to steal local autonomy.

I'm committed to spending the next two years engaged with parents, teachers, and local administrators to put our kids first and provide the type of quality education a 21st century global economy requires.