Title: Problems With Common Core - Classical Conversations
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Content: Now, as more states adopt Common Core, standardized tests will shift to comply with these standards, which means that some private schools and home schools will end up teaching to these tests. They will be pressured to give up their mission to offer a different type of education from that offered by the public schools. As they conform to Common Core, educational choices will be reduced. This loss of educational liberty is another primary problem with Common Core. Governments are Reactive, Not Proactive
One of the arguments in favor of Common Core State Standards is that the United States needs to reform education so that our students are competitive in the 21st century. There are several problems with this idea. The first is that government cannot prophesy the skills that will be needed in the future. Since no one can prophesy this, we must consider how to reform education to not be focused solely on job skills. The second problem is that government solutions are reactive, not proactive. Often, this approach creates more problems than it solves.