Why is Diane Ravitch Ambivalent on Common Core Standards? Am I Missing Something?
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| Questioning if federal mandates are wise educational reforms? Why the ambivalence? |
I don't understand Diane Ravitch's ambivalence on whether to support untested and underfunded common core state standards that will plunge states into millions of dollars of debt. Am I missing the elephant in the room?
A National curriculum is illegal. The Pioneer white paper Road to a National Curriculum makes this very clear (pg 3). Common Core standards and Race to the Top bypassed state legislators...and voters. The standards and assessments are being crafted by private companies, not state educational