Common Core Support Dropping : The People Take Notice

Common Core as a educational ideology is rapidly seen as unworkable and in many cases totally invasive. Given that it is driven by progressive socialist today, little is to wonder why is it is seen by many people, parents and educators alike, as something that is not in the best interest of the students or the larger general population.

As we have seen by polling results for health care, immigration and foreign policy, among other trends from the progressives, the general public overwhelming finds these agenda driven policies unfavorable by large margins. Yet they move forward. How come?

Support for Common Core Continues to Wane
Source: Joshua Bleiberg, "Support for Common Core continues to wane," Brookings Institute, September 15, 2015

September 22, 2015

A survey providing insight on how Americans view education issues was released last month. The data revealed declining support for Common Core state standards (CCSS) and there appears to be a trajectory of increasing opposition from both sides of the political aisle.

Consecutive surveys show support for the Common Core Standards has decreased every year since 2012. The number of people who do not support the standards has quintupled since 2012, and has increased to 35% of total. Since 2012, when 63% of both Republicans and Democrats supported the CCSS, support has changed dramatically.

In the 2015 survey, support among Democrats dropped six points and opposition increased by eight points. Meanwhile a majority of Republicans (50%) oppose the CCSS and conservative support for the standards continues to drop. Currently there's a sizable group of both Republican and Democratic elected officials whose strong support of the standards predates the decline; for example President Obama and other Democratic officials are usually the standards' most ardent boosters; on the GOP arena, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush remains a prominent CCSS supporter.

The results provide increasingly strong evidence that opposition to the Common Core is hardening. Once public opinion solidifies it takes a major event to reverse and over time, the number of people with no opinion on the issue has decreased by half. .