In the first appearance of Anthony Cody's new, independent blog, Cody and Alan Aja write about the cynical effort to brand Common Core as part of "the civil rights movements."No "reform" built on standardized testing can advance civil rights, they show. Common Core proponents recognize that they are losing the battle but attribute it to their failure to appeal to the emotions of the public.
Nothing could be further from the truth. They are losing because their facts and claims are weak. "Thus we have proponents of civil rights bringing us a set of standards and tests that -- so far -- are having the effect of WIDENING the achievement gap, and putting GEDs and high school diplomas out of reach for many of our students. And their justification for this devastating reform is that otherwise students will need to take a remedial class in college?"... don't miss this one! |