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Post by avordvet on Aug 25, 2016 5:03:46 GMT -5
Common Core? Agency Fees? No Thanks!August 24, 2016 5:04PM, By Neal McCluskey That said, the survey’s overall message is not entirely hopeful if you aren’t fond of centralized standards and testing. Among other things, 55 percent of the general public supports generic, identical state standards in reading and math used “to hold public schools accountable for their performance.” Of course, that wording makes it impossible to know if respondents are mainly reacting to uniform standards, accountability, or both, but the uniformity inclination does not bode well for fans of local control of public schools. Then again, the public opinion trajectory is similar to what we saw when the Common Core was mentioned by name: support dropped from 92 percent of people who offered an opinion in 2012, to 66 percent today. When it comes to public opinion, the Common Core is a sinking ship. But it’s not yet on the ocean floor. www.cato.org/blog/common-core-agency-fees-no-thanks
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