Common Core Education Analysis

Since the 17th century education has been an important and integral part of America’s culture and society. For almost two hundred years America’s education system thrived with minimal interference from the federal government, but as of the 21st century this long respected division between education and government has been shattered. Part of this downward spiral to a federally controlled educational system began with the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2002. This act essentially based school funding on unreasonable academic proficiency standards required of all students. These standards where determined and enforced by a nationwide standardized testing. The continuation of the poorly received act is the newly enacted Common Core Education …show more content…
Though an entirely separate and lengthy essay could be written about the topic of the segregation of powers, or in this case the lack thereof, it doesn’t take a complex dissertation to explain how our youth are being negatively affected by Common Core in schools. Joy Pullmann in writing for the Washington Examiner sums up the point I am attempting to impress perfectly, "A self-governing republic means lawmakers carry out the will of the people after judicious reflection and under the rule of law, instead of retroactively attempting to convince citizens we should want what unelected bureaucrats already did without the public’s knowledge or consent." (2014) In short, few citizens wanted this initiative and it was put into effect through shady politics. The reasoning behind this corrupt enactment is unsurprisingly what drives the majority of political decisions today. Common Core takes away power of individuals and state governments, and allows the Federal Government to control nearly every aspect of what youth are or are not subject to in a public educational …show more content…
Common Core and high stakes testing is truly the death of ingenuity in public schools. Whether a student can easily perform at the standard level or severely struggles to keep up, the Common Core system requires nothing more than memorization and the regurgitation of information provided by a biased, unadaptable government curriculum. No creativity is needed, no thought, and certainly no extraocular activities. Teachers feeling pressured will take precautions to ensure their job security by providing absurd amounts of homework and quizzes in an attempt to limit students’ exposure to anything not school or studying