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Common Core’s manifesto war
- 05-23-2011
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
Opponents of the Common Core standards and the standardized tests that two consortia of states are designing see a plot by the Obama Administration to create a national curriculum. Common Core supporters say the opponents, primarily small-government conservatives, are twisting facts and connecting dots into patterns of their imaginations. Opponents are hoping to turn what has been framed as a contest of manifestos into a battle in Congress. They definitely got plenty of buzz this month – and perhaps attention of conservatives in Congress – with the proclamation “Closing the Door on Innovation: Why One National Curriculum is Bad for America,” which now has more than 350 signers. In a video interview (look right), the co-author and organizer of the document, the always forceful Bill Evers, a Hoover Institution researcher, said the Obama Administration used its financial leverage first to coerce states to adopt Common Core, and then to fund $350 million in assessment development that will inevitably lead to a national curriculum. (more...)
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