Clericalism and Common Core

As you know, I don’t have a position on Common Core. It has been controversial in my state, but because my kids are homeschooled, I haven’t felt the need to dive into the controversy. But in Milwaukee, parents of kids in Catholic schools have not had that luxury. Archbishop Jerome Listecki is aligning the curricula at archdiocesan schools with Common Core, and that has some Catholic parents troubled. They presented a petition with 1,000 signatures of Catholic parents asking him to reconsider. The archbishop responded with a letter that told them, basically, to jump in the lake. Excerpt:

    Catholic schools operate in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee under my direction. Period. To think that I would allow anything to jeopardize the Catholic identity or academic excellence of our schools is insulting, at best.