In the last couple of weeks, the Tea Party and some conservative religious groups have been critical of the adoption of the CCSS. Superintendent friends have reported to me that their central offices are fielding phone calls with critical questions about the CCSS. The main concern of the opposition is that local and state control in educating children have been turned over to the federal government.
To fully understand the opposition, check the Tea Party explanation of those for the common core. Also, prominent Education commentator Diane Ravitch has recently come out as anti-CCSS as shown through her blog. Diane is a wonderful resource but she has done some spectacular flip flops in her career- pro testing/anti testing, etc.
If parents and community members knew more about what is actually in the common core their criticism might be more precise. Hence, the work of Canyon Effect- demystify the common core!
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