It’s one of the few things most liberals, moderates and conservatives are agreeing on: Common Core is a terrible idea.
The national K-12 education initiative – promoted by the Obama administration to replace a hodgepodge of state standards with a single set of learning goals – is designed to supplant the much-maligned No Child Left Behind Act.
If the Obama administration truly were interested in improving wages for American workers, it would be pushing for a reduction in corporate income tax rates instead of a minimum-wage hike.