By Williamson M. Evers | Education Week The common core's designers have taken the existing bureaucracy and increased its centralization and uniformity. By creating the common-core content standards behind closed doors, the authors increased the alienation of the public from schools as institutions worthy of loyalty. The general public had no voice in creating or adopting the common core. The other approach in times of a deteriorating public service is offering better exit options. But the common core's proponents have created an almost inescapable national cartel. - Read Full Story |