Common Core Shouldn’t Offer Classes In Ambiguity
Diane Ravitch opines that David Coleman shouldn’t be surprised by the confusion related to the Common Core ELA Standards guidance on how much informational text should be used compared to fiction.
The problem is that, no matter what Coleman may say, publishers and districts believe the standards call for more informational text and less literature and fiction.That is why the only way the sniping will end is if he makes a speech at a major conference or writes an opinion piece for the New York Times–or literally revises the standards–to remove those absurd and arbitrary percentage allocations and makes clear that the point is high-quality reading of both fiction and information. And explains why both are important for the development of educated people.
I don’t think a speech will cut it. Neal McClusky wrote at CATO said that he hopes the Common Core doesn’t