Embrace The Common Core
Topics: Education, U.S.
Public Release Date: September 09, 2014
In K-12 education, there is nothing more controversial than the Common Core State Standards, national academic standards in English and Math. Adopted by more than 40 states, they were developed, in part, to address concerns that American students were falling behind their foreign counterparts and graduating high school without the necessary skills for college and the workforce. But is this the reform we’ve been looking for? Has the federal government overreached and saddled our schools with standards that have been flawed from the start? Or will the Common Core raise the bar and improve the quality of our children’s education?
ARGUING YES:
Carmel Martin: Executive Vice President at the Center for American Progress, Former Assistant Secretary of Education
Michael Petrilli: President of Fordham Institute, Co-Editor of Knowledge at the Core
ARGUING NO:
Carol Burris: Principal at South Side High School, Blogger for the Washington Post
Frederick Hess: Resident Scholar, Director of Educational Policy Studies at AEI
MODERATOR-IN-CHIEF:
John Donvan: Emmy award-winning journalist