Beats me. I took the trouble to find Common Core in the Internet. It's wordy. Written by Ed majors ignorant of Strunk and White. Since it was so wordy and so tedious, I just read the mathematics section. I didn't see anything terribly wrong there. It covered most of what I had in high school. It was a little watered down from what I remembered, but then I was lucky to attend a truly top flight high school and I was happy with math. It's probably not the end of the world to set the bar a tad lower for a national standard.
I've seen a lot of talk about who created Common Core. Some say it's a state effort, some say it's a federal government effort. This "origins" argument seems petty to me. Doesn't matter where it comes from, is it any good? Does anyone know? Has anyone contrasted Common Core with what New Hampshire does now?
I've heard a fair amount of opposition to Common Core coming from teachers. I tend to discount this, as many teachers dislike anyone setting any sort of standards to which they might be held.
I've also heard talk that Common Core is a conspiracy among the publishing industry to sell books and test materials. The sales pitch would be, "You need to supply your students with this up-to-date Common Core text book." "You need to buy these Common Core compliant tests." I suppose. I still remember beginning school years with teachers handing out well worn textbooks from previous years. I always felt lucky to get a copy that still had both covers attached to it.
Common Core seems to heating up. Someone on Fox News commented the Jeb Bush might be hurt politically by his support for Common Core.
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