This was originally posted in The Washington Times: by Teresa Mull ANALYSIS/OPINION: Anew study reaffirms what conservatives have been saying about the Common Core State Standards all along: They’re a giant waste of taxpayers’ money. The study, titled “Smart Money? Philanthropic and Federal Funding for the Common Core,” was released in September by the Education Policy Analysis Archives. It concludes, “In essence, those who set directions for the Common Core and those who provided resources for its implementation have benefited, even as potential benefits to schools, educators, and students are elusive, and the entire claim may ultimately be empty.” None of this is news to … [Read more...]
Common Core: A Bad Choice for America (second edition)
From Heartland.org - author is Joy Pullmann Download: Common Core A Bad Choice for America second edition This 44-page booklet discusses the development of Common Core and its flaws. This expanded edition includes two appendices: acronyms often used in Common Core discussions and a handy timeline. In 2010, every state but Alaska, Nebraska, Texas, and Virginia adopted Common Core education standards, a set of requirements for what elementary and secondary school children should know in each grade in math and English language arts. The initiative represents a dramatic centralization of authority over the nation’s historically decentralized K-12 education … [Read more...]