Most
Americans don’t even know what Common Core is. But they should.
It’s the government’s plan to try to bring “the same standard” to
every government-run school. This may sound good. Often, states
dumb down tests to try to “leave no child behind.” How can
government evaluate teachers and reward successful schools if there
isn’t a single national standard? But when the federal government
imposes a single teaching plan on 15,000 school districts across
the country, writes John Stossel, that’s even more central
planning, and central planning rarely works. It brings
stagnation.
from Hit & Run http://reason.com/blog/2014/01/01/john-stossel-on-the-problems-with-common
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