Retreating from High Standards Would Spell Significant Disruptions for Schools, Teachers and Students
In his latest “Capturing the Spark” blog, Education Week columnist David Cohen highlights several key policy issues under the incoming Trump Administration. While Cohen points out that education will be more in the hands of states, he makes a gross understatement when he asserts replacing high, comparable education standards “would primarily hurt publishers and...
DeVos Calls for Local Control – Forgetting that Common Core Remains a State and Local Effort
Despite the Every Student Succeeds Act prohibiting the federal government from “telling states which standards they can and can’t use,” Education Secretary-nominee Betsy DeVos “doubled down” on her promise to end Common Core over the weekend. She went on to say that “it won’t be Washington, D.C., that unlocks [student] potential… The answer is local...
The President Has Little Control over States’ Use of Rigorous, Comparable Education Standards
Writing for Breitbart News, Susan Berry argues President-elect Trump’s appointment for Education Secretary could determine whether he is able to follow through on his pledge to “end the controversial Common Core Standards and finally get Washington, D.C. out of education.” “As president, Trump can do a lot to fulfill his promise,” contends Joy Pullmann,...
High, Comparable Standards Aren’t Being Dictated Down to Parents – Parents Are Calling for Them
Writing on the CATO at Liberty blog, Neal McCluskey argues that parents are rejecting high, comparable education standards because they were foisted on states by the federal government. “We all saw populist frustration boil over with the federally coerced Common Core national curriculum standards. Average Americans rejected the Core over paternalistic, ‘you just don’t...
Donald Trump Speaks Collection of Disparate Words Vaguely Centered on Common Core, Twitter Responds
In a statement yesterday, businessman Donald Trump spoke about Common Core. Complete with incomplete sentences, the overall impact of his words show a lack of understanding of what Common Core is, and what powers a President has over states setting academic standards. His statement, in full, via Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale, is: “Well, we’re...