John Stossel on the Problems With Common Core
Most Americans don't even know what Common Core is. But they should. It's the government's plan to try to bring "the same standard" to every government-run school. This may sound good. Often, states dumb down tests to try to "leave no child behind." How can government evaluate teachers and reward successful schools if there isn't a single national standard? But when the federal government imposes a single teaching plan on 15,000 school districts across the country, writes John Stossel, that's even more central planning, and central planning rarely works. It brings stagnation.
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