Posts published on July 7, 2009

Who Should Decide What Knowledge Is Most Worth Knowing?

The Council Of Chief State School Officers and National Governors Association have appointed 29 people to help decide the national common core standards in English and math. The group is dominated by Achieve, College Board, and ACT, but includes many other qualified individuals. There are 2  college professors, but they do not represent any major higher education organization. My concern with the common core process that  is that that the groups pushing this idea do not have sufficient support from postsecondary education leaders or organizations. There are organizations that represent every type of postsecondary grouping from community colleges to research universities. Neither ACT or College Board can represent this spectrum, and none of these higher education organizations play a prominent role in the common core process.

For more information go to www.corestandards.org or www.ccsso.org