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Who controls the Common Core State Standards?
That is a good question. The North Carolina State Board of Education adopted common English and math standards in 2010. Perhaps state education leaders should have considered the issue a bit more carefully. From the Truth in American Education blog:
Estimated cost to implement Common Core State Standards
According to a new report published by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, North Carolina may have to spend as much as $302.5 million to implement the Common Core State Standards, a set of uniform English and math standards adopted by the North Carolina State Board of Education, 44 other states, and D.C. Fordham is anContinue Reading
Conservatives (and ALEC) oppose the Common Core
The Wall Street Journal describes the growing resistance to implementing Common Core State Standards in math and English Language Arts. North Carolina adopted the Common Core in 2010. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Fordham Institute, and, alarmingly, the U.S. Department of Education back the standards. The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is oneContinue Reading
K-12 education in the State of the Union address
Let’s get right into it, shall we? First up are higher standards. President Obama argued, For less than one percent of what our nation spends on education each year, we’ve convinced nearly every state in the country to raise their standards for teaching and learning— the first time that’s happened in a generation. Even thoughContinue Reading