Common Core and Balanced Pack Leaders Are Not Compatible
From Cesar Milan and Balance.
Are Common Core proponents “unbalanced pack leaders” and dictators? Common Core has been adopted and implemented (more in some places than others) for four years. It was rolled out with little public fanfare or knowledge. Legislators were largely unaware that private organizations financially helped by the US Department of Education had crafted plans that would take away states’ ability to develop/deliver their unique standards and assessments. Legislators were also unaware that the CCSS Initiative includes accountability measures and data mining creating huge unfunded debt for the state and local districts.
“Unbalanced”-leading by intimidation or coercion-is an appropriate adjective for this initiative. Bill Gates and other proponents have had to create yet another PR group to inform the “misguided and misinformed” how the Initiative is good for us. The USDOEd threatens to pull NCLB waivers if CCSS Initiatives are not implemented in the manner the USDOEd thinks is appropriate. The “Mikes” (Michaels Petrilli and Brickman) of Fordham appear on radio interviews, state legislatures and panels telling us how they are really state led, voluntary and how the world will end for state education and students if states are to return to their previous standards. They’ve tasted the initiative cereal offered by American Diploma Project (Fordham was part of standards writing in the 1990s), NGA and CCSSO. They like it! Remember this?
