Crack the CCSS Egg to See What is Inside
After reading the article Huntsville, Madison legislators back off of bill to revoke common core standards (updated), I couldn’t help but think of the saying “There’s a sucker born every minute.” I encourage you to click on the link above and read the article. I don’t know if this is a situation with suckers, fools, people on the take, or something altogether different—possibly succumbing to groupthink. These two legislators are listening to someone without doing their own homework. They are willing give up legislative authority over the content of what is to be taught the students in the state of Alabama.Alabama likes to state that their standards incorporate the national Common Core State Standards. I have seen this in a number of places—including the Alabama State Department of Education website. An unsuspecting public, and apparently a couple of legislators who should know better, can easily be taken in with that
