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Jun 8Liked by Etienne de la Boetie2

When our family drove north from taxachusetts, II'd always point out that MA spends 3x more per mile on roads.

Yet the potholes vanish as soon as you cross the border.

State legislator salaries:

MA $74,000/year

VT $816 per week in session

NH $100/year

That last one is not a typo.

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wow. hard to know what else to say.

Common Core changes to public education across the U.S. around 2009.....

a few lines from various wikipedia pages ...........

"In late 2008, the NGA [National Governors Association] convened a group to work on developing the standards.[3] This team included David Coleman, William McCallum of the University of Arizona, Phil Daro, Douglas Clements and Student Achievement Partners founders Jason Zimba[4] and Susan Pimentel to write standards in the areas of English language arts and mathematics.[5] Announced on June 1, 2009,[6] the initiative's stated purpose was .......................... "

National Governors Association

2008–2009 Ed Rendell Pennsylvania Democratic

2009–2010 Jim Douglas Vermont Republican

2010 Joe Manchin West Virginia Democratic

David Coleman (born 1969) is an American businessman, currently serving as the ninth president of the College Board, a non-profit organization that designed the SAT exam, SAT Subject Tests, and Advanced Placement (AP) exams.[1] He is often described in the media as "the architect" of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.[2] .......................... his mother, Elizabeth Coleman, was the president of Bennington College from 1987 to 2013. At the time Coleman was growing up, his mother was Dean of The New School in downtown Manhattan.[3] When Coleman was in college, the family had moved to Vermont.

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