Common Core weakens both curricula and state's role in education. By David Nichols There is a growing outcry from parents across Alabama regarding the "Common Core State Standards" (CCSS) which was adopted by Alabama's State Board of Education by split vote.
This "reform" abdicates control of education explicitly given to states by the framers of the U.S. Constitution to a federal bureaucracy. The U.S. Department of Education received federal endorsements from entities as National Governors Association, Council of Chief School Officers and Achieve Inc. David Axelrod, Senior Advisor to President Obama, stated the CCSS is an initiative of the Obama Administration. A groundswell of parents is pushing back, generating crowded town hall meetings across Alabama.
The fundamental question for Alabamians is: "Will our children's academic progress be better or worse off with Common Core? In late April 2014, un-piloted assessments aligned to national CCSS standards were administered to children in Alabama public schools. Dr. Tough Week For The Common Core : NPR Ed. Hide captionThe Core gets a few bites taken out of it.
Henrik Brameus/Flickr A few months ago, when I told friends and media colleagues that I was interested in the Common Core State Standards, the most common response was "What's that? " Now, it seems, everyone has an opinion about the Core. And right now, opinions about the K-12 learning goals for math and English that have spread nearly nationwide are trending toward the heated. While the school year is winding down, education policy sure isn't. The Common Core backlash.
Constitutionality Arguements. Makin (Conservative) Students and Parents. Colleges. Common Core spawns widespread political fights. NASHVILLE, Tenn.
(AP) — More than five years after U.S. governors began a bipartisan effort to set new standards in American schools, the Common Core initiative has morphed into a political tempest fueling division among Republicans. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce leads establishment voices — such as possible presidential contender Jeb Bush — who hail the standards as a way to improve student performance and, over the long term, competitiveness of American workers. Many archconservatives — tea party heroes Rand Paul and Ted Cruz among them — decry the system as a top-down takeover of local schools. The standards were developed and are being implemented by states, though Common Core opponents argue that President Barack Obama's administration has encouraged adoption of the standards by various parameters it set for states applying to get lucrative federal education grants. On the other end of the spectrum is Bush, the former Florida governor and Rubio's mentor. View gallery Democratic Gov.
6 key concerns about Common Core standards. MOBILE, Alabama – Objections to the Alabama College and Career Ready Standards, also known as the Common Core, range from complaints about government intrusion to inappropriate subject matter.
In an interview with Al.com, Baldwin County school board member David Cox outlined some of the key concerns about the standards that he and four school board members from other districts recently sent to their legislators, urging them to repeal Common Core. “We are not asking that you prohibit teachers from using the portions they feel are appropriate; we are simply asking that you do not force them to use what they deem inappropriate,” the letter concludes. It is also signed by Marty Adams of the Limestone County school board; Annette Griswold and Shag LaPrade of the Coffee County school board; and Phil Murphy of the Calhoun County school board. Cox, who lives in Stockton, represents District 1 in Baldwin County, which includes Bay Minette and Stapleton. 1. 2. The Wingnut War On Common Core Is A Plot To Destroy Public Schools.
The Common Core Standards Initiative has been hotly debated since it was first introduced in 2009.
But a new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center shows that conservatives are pushing a radical fact-free agenda that aims to destroy public education as a whole. There are plenty of rational arguments for why the Common Core State Standards Initiative is not the solution to reforming public education in the United States. That the program is part of a liberal conspiracy to indoctrinate children and turn them into the homosexual slaves of a future totalitarian global government, is not one of them. Pushback Continues: States Grow Increasingly Wary of Common Core. Chicago Teachers Union votes to oppose Common Core. Updated with additional information at 5:30pm, 5/8/14 In a vote that seemed to take education observers, school district officials, and even many teachers by surprise, delegates to the Chicago Teachers Union passed a resolution Wednesday evening saying the union formally opposes the Common Core State Standards, which are being implemented in schools across Chicago, Illinois and some 44 other states.
Common Core: Musical chairs and millionaires. Common Core Cant. With the Common Core State Standards encountering remarkable political turbulence, you might think advocates would focus their energies on making their case and answering critics.
After all, just yesterday Indiana became the first state to reverse its decision to adopt the Common Core. Instead, leading advocates seem intent on using junk polling to say, “There’s nothing to see here.”
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