Common Core implementation called ‘worse’ than Healthcare.gov launch
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Whether you support the Common Core State Standards or don’t, it’s hard to argue that the implementation so far has been smooth. I’ve posted some pieces about just bad the implementation of the Common Core State Standards and related testing has been going in New York (for example, here) but here’s a comparison that will make it easy to understand just how badly it has gone:
You think the Obamacare implementation is bad? The implementation of the Common Core is far worse.
That’s what American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten said this week at a National Education Writers Association in Washington D.C., according to the online Capital publication — and it’s important to remember that she has been a supporter of the standards initiative.
Weingarten said that education officials in New York have done a terrible job helping
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