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COMMON CORE, UNCOMMON POLITICS

This article explores the growing opposition to the Common Core standards, highlighting how it is not a singular opposition but comprises of various concerns. It also examines the challenges faced by educators in implementing the standards and the issue of policy conflation.

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COMMON CORE, UNCOMMON POLITICS

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  1. COMMON CORE, UNCOMMON POLITICS Patrick McGuinn, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Political Science & Education Chair, Department of Political Science Drew University

  2. Growing Opposition?

  3. Public Polling Party Line What’s that? National Standards CommonCore 39%

  4. Rorschach Test: Not a single opposition but many different oppositions

  5. Rorschach Test: Not a single opposition but many different oppositions

  6. 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

  7. The War in Cyberspace

  8. Top 1% most prolific #CommonCore tweeters from Aug 2013 thru Feb 2014(Del Fresno, Daly & Supovitz, 2014)

  9. Implementation

  10. Political Turnover and Ownership of the Core

  11. Teachers and Principals are Key… but Policy Conflation Problem accountability systems teacher evaluations Common Core assessments

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