Common Core, the Common Good and Why Close Readings are Just ‘Not Enough’ for Critical Thinking
Expand your close reading of this phrase. Ask the question: What/who ‘is’ the ‘common good’? The answer might surprise you.
Did you ever think your governors and state bureaucrats would actively work against your state laws and regulations so that private organizations’ mandates could be implemented in your state? Did you know that in Missouri (and probably in your Common Core state) the end justifies the means for the implementation of Common Core States Standards Initiative?
The MOU between Smarter Balance Assessment Consortia and Missouri signed in 2010 reveals that the states were actively looking to bypass state ‘barriers’ that would impeded the progress of the NGO created CCSSI. The private organizations wanted to circumvent state laws and statutes to accomplish the privatization of education while using Federal funding. ‘Each State’ in the document refers to state Governors, State Education commissioners/supervisors and State Board of Education members. The Missouri Legislature was not a party to this document. FromMissouri’s MOU with SBAC:
By signing this agreement, these politicians and bureaucrats agree to identify their specific state laws, statutes, regulations or policies by noting the barrier and the plan to remove the barrier. While policies and regulations may have been set by the State Educational Agencies and/or the State Board of Education, state laws and statutes are enacted by the political process. Can ‘the Common Core, the Common Good and Why Close Readings are Just ‘Not Enough’ for Critical Thinking | Missouri Education Watchdog: