April 1, 2015
CLASSROOM HYGIENE:
Does the Anti-Common Core Movement Have a Race Problem? : Poll shows big differences in support (Emmanuel Felton, 4/01/15, Washington Monthly)
The NBC News State of Parenting Poll, which was sponsored by Pearson, a publisher of Common Core textbooks and tests, found that 50 percent of parents surveyed approved of the Common Core and 38 percent opposed the standards, which are grade level expectations in math and English in place in more than 40 states. But the plurality of white parents - 49 percent - opposed the standards, while 73 percent of Hispanic parents and 56 percent of black parents favored the Common Core.
When suburban white mothers hear about giving kids in substandard schools other choices they see inner city kids in their kids' classrooms.
Posted by Orrin Judd at April 1, 2015 12:49 PM
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