I think national minimums are a good idea.
But I balk at the idea of everything being set at a federal level. Mostly because, in practice, the fed. gov’t is pretty slow to react to anything, since it needs more consensus than a state does.
balk all you want, you’re basically excusing alabama, mississippi, arkansas and Louisiana children to a shit education and a hard fucking life.
we haven’t been slow to react, we’ve been ignoring these places and their kids deserve better.
The DoEd Common Core has been tried. But the only outcome appears to be a giant pile of standardized tests, designed to torment children and teachers alike in pursuit of some ephemeral national Good Education Score Card.
I’m not sure I want to see education in Massachusetts or Minnesota fall victim to whatever Betsy DeVos cooks up during her next term as Education Secretary.
Common Core
Yeah that was all garbage. Bush created a distraction needed from all the heinous shit he was doing overseas. I don’t look at that shitshow as a model for future reform.