Missouri Education Watchdog: Will Common Core Allow Pearson to Dictate Curriculum?

Missouri Education Watchdog: Will Common Core Allow Pearson to Dictate Curriculum?:

Will Common Core Allow Pearson to Dictate Curriculum?

by stlgretchen

  

From Alan Singer in Huffington Post, Cuomo, Common Core and Pearson-for-Profit: 

If it has its way, Pearson will soon be determining what gets taught in schools across the United States with little or no parental or educational oversight. Pearson standardized exams will assess how well teachers implement Pearson instruction modules and Pearson's common core standards, but not what students really learn or whether students are actually learning things that are important to know. Pearson is already creating teacher certification exams for eighteen states including New York, organizing staff development workshops to