Don’t worry. They’re fixing education in America. Again.
The states have largely signed on to a national “Common Core” for public education to assure that all American children share a basic body of learning. This Common Core would, according to the Common Core Standards Initiative (CCSI) website, “provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them.” Thus far, the standards apply to only language arts and mathematics....