4. The Biggest Fallacy of the Common Core Standards

Summary:

 The article, “The Biggest Fallacy of the Common Core Standards”, argues the Common Core all around.  It believes that the only reason states to agree to adopt the Common Core is to earn millions of dollars in federal funds. Others reasons include that the Common Core are all that stand between us and economic and military catastrophe. They argue there is no evidence that the Common Core standards will enhance equity. The article gives examples of how the tests failed in New York schools, and stresses there is no evidence that those who study the standards will be prepared for the careers, because there is nothing in them that bears any relationship to careers.

The article questions the nation’s major corporations and chambers of commerce by standards they swear by which they very likely have never read. Also they ask, do we need national standards to compare the performance of children in Mississippi to children in New York and Iowa?

Across the nation, our schools are suffering from budget cuts as the article states. Because of the cuts, there are larger class sizes and fewer guidance counselors, social workers, teachers’ assistants, and librarians.  As more money is allocated to testing and accountability, less money is available for the essential programs and services that all schools provide.

The article states at the end that our priorities are confused.

Opinion:

                When I think about this situation with the Common Core I see positive things that could come from it, but somehow the negative things seem to overcome the positive ones.  I agree with this article in some areas such as the only reason states are agreeing to adopt the Common Core is to earn millions of dollars in federal funds. I mean each state knows how to regulate their schools districts I would assume. If they do not I agree with having some of the same standards, but not all. Each state has their own problems to work through and different ranking classes of income within the schools districts. Like the article states about comparing Mississippi to New York schools, why should they?  Also why should they stress these new standards if they have no evidence to prove it works only fail? Think about it?