By Neal McCluskey
Why the big concern about the Common Core? For many it’s about the quality of the standards, which is a topic well worth delving into. But the real problem is that — continued protestations of supporters notwithstanding — adopting the standards has been anything but truly voluntary, and they are very likely to lead to [...]
NCLB Is ‘Voluntary,’ Too is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
By Neal McCluskey
Two years ago Fordham Institute President Chester Finn called people like me, who saw the move toward national curriculum standards as a huge lurch toward federal control, “paranoid.” Well it looks like he might be catching a little of the paranoia, too. Or, at least, while still calling Common Core adoption “voluntary,” he recognizes that the Obama [...]
Common Core Supporter: Maybe Opposition Not Paranoia is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
