Common Core Wake-Up : Public More Skeptical

What is boils down to is who is listening and who actually cares about results in education. When the focus from the main stream press is on talking points from the dept. of education, the Objma administration.

The actual discussion of finding the best way to improve education is lost the politics of ideology. Common Core is not about furthering education, this is about confusion and chaos.

How do you teach something that defies logic?

The Objma administration cannot defend the actual process that has developed over the past years where Common Core is found to be un-teachable, and therefore preparing the landscape for a government take-over where the options for success will be limited to only one source.

The Real Deal with Public Opinion and the Common Core
Source:  Frederick M. Hess and Kelsey Hamilton, "The Real Deal with Public Opinion and the Common Core," American Enterprise Institute, October 19, 2015.

October 27, 2015

The results of two national annual polls reveal that although public support for Common Core is waning, the education initiative still is viewed positively in public opinion.

• In 2013, 44 percent of poll responders agreed that implementing Common Core standards would make the United States "more competitive globally."
• Back in 2012, support for Common Core on the same question was higher, averaging at 53 percent.

When polling citizens on Common Core, results are highly sensitive to question phrasing, and therefore poll statistics should be evaluated alongside other credible, national poll results. However, the results from these two polls do indicate a downward trend in public support for Common Core with support decreasing among both Republicans and Democrats.

• From 2012 to 2015, Democratic support for Common Core declined about 8 to 10 points.
• The percentage of Democrats opposed to Common Core increased by 20 percent.
• Republican support for Common Core also decreased from 2012-2015 with support falling by 11 perce
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