Teachers Union Opposes Common Core
A New York state teachers union comes out against Common Core State (sic) standards and has started an online petition. From Growing Concerns About Common Core:
“It’s a setup for failure,” said John Pavone of the Rochester Teachers Association. Teachers are worried they will be evaluated based on a curriculum that was rolled out this year. “They’re going to blame me if the kids can’t pass the test and the kids can’t pass the test. It’s set up in such a way that you can’t pass the test.”
“Nobody was prepared for these changes,” Moran (a parent) said. “There was no public discussion about it. The parents weren’t prepared for it. Frankly I don’t think the teachers or administration was prepared for it.”
“It’s going to be a disaster,” said retired Rochester principal Dan Drmacich, a frequent critic