21 min
Different Schools, Same Tests Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon
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It’s back to school season and for many children, teachers, and parents across the country school looks very similar. That’s because in 2009, the Common Core was introduced, standardizing what K-12 students should know, and be tested on. Professor Nicholas Tampio describes what that means for public education and imagines a different way forward for America’s schools.
For More on this Topic:
Read Tampio’s opinion pieces in Aeon and HuffPost Check out his book, Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy Find Jesse H. Rhodes’ article on education politics in Perspectives on Politics (paywall)
It’s back to school season and for many children, teachers, and parents across the country school looks very similar. That’s because in 2009, the Common Core was introduced, standardizing what K-12 students should know, and be tested on. Professor Nicholas Tampio describes what that means for public education and imagines a different way forward for America’s schools.
For More on this Topic:
Read Tampio’s opinion pieces in Aeon and HuffPost Check out his book, Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy Find Jesse H. Rhodes’ article on education politics in Perspectives on Politics (paywall)
21 min