The Most Important Article Written about Common Core
Lyndsey Layton of the Washington Post interviewed Bill Gates in 2014 and told the full story of the origin of the Common Core “State” Standards.
In case the Washington Post is behind a paywall, the full text of the Layton article is here.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and other friends of the CCSS insisted that the standards were developed by governors, state superintendents, education experts, and teachers. No, they were developed by David Coleman, formerly of McKinsey, now CEO of the College Board, and a committee whose members included no working teachers but a full complement of testing experts from ACT and SAT. Google David Coleman and “architect” and you will see that he is widely credited with shepherding the CCSS to completion.
It would not have happened without the enthusiastic support and funding of Bill Gates.
Layton writes:
On a summer day in 2008, Gene Wilhoit, director of a national group of state school chiefs, and David Coleman, an emerging evangelist for the standards CONTINUE READING: The Most Important Article Written about Common Core | Diane Ravitch's blog
