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The problem(s) with the Common Core standards

nitajo sumitted ago via http://voices.washingtonpost.com (Views: 99, Clicks: 2)  View Story

Valerie Strauss -- "The fact that few if any classroom teachers were involved in the drafting of the standards--(none were asked to help draft the No Child Left Behind law)--doesn’t necessarily make them inadequate, but it makes me wonder. The fact that much of the drafting process was done in secrecy doesn’t necessarily make them inadequate, but it makes me wonder."

2 comments | Tags: common standards common core standards valerie strauss | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

#1 by nitajo posted ago +3 apples bad good
It makes me wonder too!
#2 by PiGuy posted ago +2 apples bad good
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