In 2009, the National Governor’s Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers made a decision to create “voluntary” national standards for math and reading.All states except for AL, NE, TX and VA signed on to the standards, known as the Common Core, and agreed to help create and implement them.Will these standards raise or lower the bar for all students, and can a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach work for our diverse population?Why is the American Legislative Exchange Council, made up of two dozen state legislators from across the country, making the recommendation that states withdraw from this program?
·Education is considered the primary responsibility of the states, and local school boards who represent the community and taxpayers’ standards. However, the legislators in Harrisburg did not have an opportunity to review, or vote on the implementation of these standards.School boards were also not given the opportunity to vote on acceptance of these standards.
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