Get Schooled: In Republican war on Common Core, a voice of sanity. But will anyone listen?
Georgia Republicans are expected to ratchet up their resistance to the Common Core State Standards at their conference this weekend in Athens, reflective of a growing national GOP effort to link the standards to President Obama. This is not a policy fight; it is political mudwrestling.
One influential Republican state senator is taking a stand against his colleagues. State Sen. Fran Millar, R-Dunwoody, is attempting to be the voice of reason in a debate that is full of misinformation and hyperbole.
An odd theme in the attack on Common Core is that parents are worried about the sanctity of student data. I have been writing about education for 17 years in Georgia and have received thousands of emails from parents across the state. They are worried about class size, special ed and gifted services, teacher qualifications and uneven discipline policies. They fear that