Hey! Smarty Pants!

I'll remind readers that this is not a political blog. But we do love us some good crappy old fashioned grammar here on the Farm. So let me help you out, Mr. Smarty Pants Secretary of Education, and do some editing for you.

Regarding parents' opposition to "Common Core," you said:

white suburban moms who — all of a sudden — their child isn’t as brilliant as they thought they were, and their school isn’t quite as good as they thought they were.

Should be:

white suburban moms who — all of a sudden — discover their child isn’t children aren't as brilliant as they thought they were, and their school isn’t schools aren't quite as good as they thought they were.

It's called AGREEMENT. Sheeeze.