Todd Tiahrt: “I was saddened several months ago when I heard the President abandon the teachers in America. He called for 1 million…”

“I was saddened several months ago when I heard the President abandon the teachers in America. He called for 1 million volunteers to teach our children to read. In Kansas, the teachers have not abandoned our children. They are teaching reading and writing and math and history and science and other important things. They have not turned from their job responsibility, even if the President has turned his back on them. Now the President wants to create more government and establish national education standards. Sounds good. I am from the government and I am here to help. But we have done that before. We have national standards. It is for Pentagon procurement. We call them MILSPECS. They are very complicated. Because of those MILSPECS, we bought a $750 pair of pliers. Now they want to transfer that technology to education. Let us not go there. The States have that responsibility and States like Kansas have established quality performance accreditation educational standards. Kansas has not abandoned educational standards. Let us not complicate education standards and get the equivalent of a $750 pair of pliers. Let the States do their job.”