Readers say Common Core nothing more than State Indoctrination and Propaganda Program
Since education is not specifically in the Constitution as a federal responsibility it is a state right.
The federal government is creating a bureaucracy around education. The federal government is the last entity that should be involved in education. They do not have a track record of doing anything well. They will surely make things worse.
I have no problem with state educators getting together to come up with goals as long as they cannot be forced on states that do not want them.
The federal government needs to get back to their core responsibilities and focus on doing well in a very limited set of departments.
Your posting merits a yes and a no. Yes, the government is intruding on the teaching and learning process and turning public education into a culture of compliance and assessment. Common Core standards are an attempt to compete globally and satisfy the wishes of corporations and special interest groups. Since 1975, the federal government has been deeply involved in all school districts in all states via IDEA, special education. Thank the Bush administration and the Democrats for the No Child Left Behind fiasco. The no is that states and local boards of education can resist the compliance/assessment culture and lose funding.
The group of standards known as Common Core are not a true attempt to compete globally. It is an attempt to nationalize K-12 education by eliminating local control of education, and denude classrooms of educational content. Eventually this deprives children of the means to avoid being propagandized and corrupted by individuals and groups who seek to break down the family unit and interpose the state in the raising of children. It is these groups who developed and successfully pushed Common Core on the states.