Common Core and the Mainstream
I guess those of us who are concerned about the Common Core State Standards are part of the fringe… at least according to Scott Elliott writing for the Indianapolis Star’s Get on the Bus Blog. He writes:
The Common Core has been only a minor issue in the state superintendent race, which has instead been focused on issues like testing and privatization of public education. Bennett’s rival, Democrat Glenda Ritz, has expressed some sympathy for the anti-Common Core arguments but even she has not called for pulling Indiana out of the Common Core, just slowing down and giving the whole thing more consideration.The energy behind idea that Indiana should abandon the Common Core — academic standards (and, soon, affiliated tests) that 46 states have agreed