{"id":17780,"date":"2013-04-23T17:01:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T21:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=17780"},"modified":"2013-04-24T10:13:42","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T14:13:42","slug":"more-against-the-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/17780\/more-against-the-core\/","title":{"rendered":"More Against the Core"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks ago <a href=\"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/index.php\/commentary\/48-education\/1808-reformist-tide-rises-for-alabama-schools\" target=\"_blank\">I wrote here<\/a> (in part) about the efforts of Alabama reformers to escape from the Common Core national educational standards. Now comes Lindsey Burke of the Heritage Foundation to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/2013\/04\/23\/alabama-should-lead-on-rejecting-national-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\">explain why<\/a> Alabama really ought to make such as escape.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the key section:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7em; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;\">In fact, the state standards Alabama eschewed in order to adopt Common Core standards were quite good, receiving high marks from the\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #123457;\" href=\"http:\/\/edexcellencemedia.net\/publications\/2010\/201007_state_education_standards_common_standards\/Alabama.pdf\">Fordham Institute<\/a> and\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #123457;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edweek.org\/ew\/qc\/2013\/state_report_cards.html\">Education Week\u2019s Quality Counts survey<\/a>. Alabama students would be well-served by returning to the standards and assessments that were in place before the state signed on to Common Core and working to improve upon those standards in a way that meets the unique needs of local schools and students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7em; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;\">Across the country, policymakers, teachers, parents, and taxpayers are waking up to the numerous problems Common Core national standards present. The\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #123457;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/reports\/2012\/12\/questionable-quality-of-the-common-core-english-language-arts-standards\">loss of classic literature<\/a>, the\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #123457;\" href=\"http:\/\/educationnext.org\/the-common-core-math-standards\/\">mediocre mathematics standards<\/a>, the\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #123457;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/reports\/2011\/02\/national-education-standards-and-tests-big-expense-little-value\" target=\"_blank\">significant costs to taxpayers<\/a>, the elimination of competitive pressure to increase standards of excellence, and, most troubling, the\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #123457;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/research\/reports\/2010\/05\/why-national-standards-won-t-fix-american-education-misalignment-of-power-and-incentives\" target=\"_blank\">massive federal intervention<\/a> and further disenfranchisement of parents.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a big deal. As this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationlawreview.com\/paper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">peer-reviewed study<\/a> indicates, Common Core is a trap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks ago I wrote here (in part) about the efforts of Alabama reformers to escape from the Common Core national educational standards. Now comes Lindsey Burke of the Heritage Foundation to explain why Alabama really ought to make such as escape. 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