A common set of national standards controlled from DC, even for a limited number of grades, won’t address the problems with a centralized common core.
Common Core’s Serious Flaws
Sandra Stotsky wrote a piece for the National Association of Scholars entitled “Revise or Reject: The Common Core’s Serious Flaws.” Here is an excerpt she outlines some of the flaws: First, the ELA standards have many flaws: Common Core expects English teachers to spend at least 50 percent of their reading instructional time on informational […]