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COMMON CORE, UNCOMMON POLITICS. Patrick McGuinn , Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science & Education Chair, Department of Political Science Drew University. Growing Opposition? . Public Polling. Party Line. What’s that?. National Standards. Common Core. 39%.
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COMMON CORE, UNCOMMON POLITICS Patrick McGuinn, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Political Science & Education Chair, Department of Political Science Drew University
Public Polling Party Line What’s that? National Standards CommonCore 39%
Rorschach Test: Not a single opposition but many different oppositions
Rorschach Test: Not a single opposition but many different oppositions
Common Core as a Symbol April 12, 1995 Backlash Puts Standards Work In Harm's Way February 10, 1993 Mission Impossible? Educators confront tough task of rethinking goals April 12, 1995 Standards: Running Out of Steam January 19, 1994 Standards In Collision
Top 1% most prolific #CommonCore tweeters from Aug 2013 thru Feb 2014(Del Fresno, Daly & Supovitz, 2014)
Teachers and Principals are Key… but Policy Conflation Problem accountability systems teacher evaluations Common Core assessments