The Common Core debate is happening because many people do not agree on how our students should be taught and what goals our states should go for. The Common Core Standards are said to be a set of standards or goals every school should be able to reach. The debate is that the standards are difficult and require too much testing. This is also the cause in how teachers are being evaluated by these test if they are good teachers or bad ones in the amount of students passing the test.The other issue is that the Federal government is trying to take over the education root from states using the common Core standards as lead way to doing so. This in it self a difficult question you found out, but each has its own opinion in this debate. There is a
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The opposition does not like the idea that all the states are going to do one set standard because some states standards are better then common core standards and feel like its going to down size their academic programs (Meador, 2014). This feeling of making their education standards is one reasons why on 45 states did the Common Core Standards (Sawchuk, 2013). Many states believe the standards will help them and decided to do the Common Core Standards. Most of the poor states wanted to do the standards because it was money involved by the Race to the top grands and waivers. The is also a indication that the standards may be forced on to states who do not have a proper amount of funds for their education plan and want money for their school (Kertcher, 2013). It is also says that states that do not want to adopt the Common Core standards must prove that their programs are acceptable for college readiness for the students if they want grants for Race to the Top grands and …show more content…
Many people believe since the government supports this program, they want states to do Common Core Standards. This may be some what true because of the incentives I mentioned before. That states have to prove their programs meet the standards for college readiness or they would not be able to get grands and waivers. They can also choice just to do the Common Core Standards to get these grands and waivers. This acts as incentive for people that are against Federal government control (Kertcher, 2013). This is why many people are against Common Core
The opposition does not like the idea that all the states are going to do one set standard because some states standards are better then common core standards and feel like its going to down size their academic programs (Meador, 2014). This feeling of making their education standards is one reasons why on 45 states did the Common Core Standards (Sawchuk, 2013). Many states believe the standards will help them and decided to do the Common Core Standards. Most of the poor states wanted to do the standards because it was money involved by the Race to the top grands and waivers. The is also a indication that the standards may be forced on to states who do not have a proper amount of funds for their education plan and want money for their school (Kertcher, 2013). It is also says that states that do not want to adopt the Common Core standards must prove that their programs are acceptable for college readiness for the students if they want grants for Race to the Top grands and …show more content…
Many people believe since the government supports this program, they want states to do Common Core Standards. This may be some what true because of the incentives I mentioned before. That states have to prove their programs meet the standards for college readiness or they would not be able to get grands and waivers. They can also choice just to do the Common Core Standards to get these grands and waivers. This acts as incentive for people that are against Federal government control (Kertcher, 2013). This is why many people are against Common Core