Education Standards And The Common Core (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/06/12/education-common-core

Have you heard of the Common Core?  In 45 of 50 states, it’s coming. A new — and, for many states, tougher — set of standards and tests for assessing how American students are doing, from kindergarten right on through.
The idea is to standardize and raise the level of American education, aim it to prep for college and career, to compete globally, to put everyone to the same test.
Fans say it’s long overdue. Critics say it’s  heavy-handed, it’s window dressing, it’s scary.
Up next On Point: We’re digging into the Common Core and what your kids are going to be expected to know.

– Tom Ashbrook