Lessons Learned From Bush and Obama Education Reform

The Perils Of Revising The Common Core
by Amber M. Northern, Michael J. Petrilli via Flypaper (Fordham Education Blog)
For the first decade of Fordham’s existence, starting in 1997, reviewing state academic standards was our bread and butter, but the pattern always seemed to be the same: A few states had done a commendable job of identifying the knowledge and skills—grade by grade—that their students needed to master to be on track for success after high school. But most state standards were horrendous—poorly written, disorganized, incomplete, and replete with dubious ideas.