Revealing Cracks in the Common Core

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What to Watch South Carolina is poised to adopt school choice. Number of the Week Washington's massive subsidy for universities will cost taxpayers $95 billion. Quote of the Week Common Core national tests: Unrest in Oklahoma. Don't Miss Revise or Reject: The Common Core's Serious Flaws

Protecting Educational Freedom: Cracks in the Common Core By Lindsey Burke The American Founders would have likely seen the prospect of a national curriculum as a monumental government overreach. Thankfully, the States are beginning to realize this encroachment on educational liberty. On Monday, Oklahoma superintendent of education Janet Barresi announced that the Sooner State would be pulling out of the Common Core testing consortia. Barresi told the Tulsa World that because of myriad technical problems with the assessments and higher anticipated costs, “If we move ahead with this, we are going to be asking the state to drink a milkshake using a cocktail straw.” SEE WHICH STATES FOLLOWED OKLAHOMA'S LEAD >> What To Watch South Carolina Poised to Adopt School Choice The South Carolina legislature approved the conference committee’s state budget, which includes a scholarship tax credit (STC) program for students with special needs. See the full article, from CATO.

Number of the Week $95 Billion “Lawmakers peddle what is a massive subsidy for universities while claiming that student loans generate a windfall for the taxpayer. But it turns out the official “savings” for taxpayers really add up to $95 billion in losses.” See: The Wall Street Journal's "Washington's $279 Billion Fraud”   Quote of the Week “If we move ahead with [Common Core aligned testing consortia], we are going to be asking the state to drink a milkshake using a cocktail straw." -Oklahoma Superintendent Janet Barresi

Don’t Miss Revise or Reject: The Common Core's Serious Flaws “As states implement Common Core’s standards, they should keep in mind: (1) These standards are NOT internationally benchmarked. (2) They are NOT rigorous. (3) NO research supports Common Core’s stress on “informational” reading instruction in the English class or its approach to geometry in secondary schools. (4) The recommendations for informational reading in other high school subjects in Appendix B in Common Core’s ELA document interfere with what should be taught in these subjects. (5) The interstate mobility rate in K-12 is estimated at less than 2% of the school population. Finally, (6) NO state needs Common Core to find out how its students compare with those in another state.” See, Sandra Stotsky's, “Revise or Reject: The Common Core’s Serious Flaws", National Association of Scholars

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