Policy makers rethink Common Core amid state pullbacks
In Ohio and other states policymakers express remorse over Common Core. Governor Jindal in Louisiana fights Obama administration funding rules related to the standards while Indiana and Oklahoma dropped them. Several states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, and Missouri, consider revising their stance even as Core remains in use this fall. The era’s voluntary start aimed at higher, shared standards across states.
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Common Core in South Carolina Facing Conservative Opposition
Aiken Standard surveys the Common Core education standards, explaining what they are and how conservatives in South Carolina challenge them. The Core defines grade level benchmarks for math and English to prepare students for college and careers, and while many states have adopted it, critics call it a nationalization of education though it is not federally mandated.
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