Here are excerpts from some of them:
Quinn Mulholland is a student at Henry Grady High School in Atlanta:
The standards need to be fixed, not dismantled.
The need they address — the watering-down of state education standards to allow students to meet the increasingly unreasonable standards set by No Child Left Behind — is real. And the goal of giving all students a quality education is a worthy one. But instead of emphasizing high-stakes testing, the Common Core should focus more on exposing students to a broad range of subjects, including the arts. It should not just prepare students for college, but also offer them the opportunity to gain vocational skills. It should offer the same resources to
Students weigh in on Common Core | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com:
