NATIONAL EDUCATION STANDARDS: An Exit Strategy for States
December 20, 2011
Imposing Centralized Education Authority
- Unprecedented Federal Overreach: President Obama’s push for national standards and tests is an unprecedented federal overreach into education. The Common Core State Standards Initiative is entangled with federal incentives and policy and would significantly weaken state control over the content taught in local schools.
- More Federal Strings, Less Parental Control: With little public notice, many states have agreed to adopt the Common Core national standards. This movement is a challenge to education freedom in America and costly in terms of liberty—not to mention dollars. State leaders who believe in