Con Side of Debate Summary
Jorge Vega
BCOM/125
March 26, 2015
John Kungis

Common Core
“Common Core government agencies will gather and store all sorts of private information on every schoolchild into a longitudinal database from birth through all levels of schooling, plus giving government the right to share and exchange this nosy [sic] information with other government and private agencies, thus negating the federal law that now prohibits that. This is what CC is; a type of surveillance and control of individual.” (Schlafly, 2013)
Con Side of Debate Summary
As a nation, we have trusted our government to make changes to the citizens voting rights. Where is that now how much does our vote really count? In this case Common Core was not introduce to the public schools to vote as a standard curriculum. Meaning of common core is control of the school curriculum, i.e. control by Obama administration bureaucrats. Curriculum decisions will be replaced by the Federal curriculum decisions by state and local school boards, state legislatures, parents and even Congress because Obama bypassed congress by using $4 billion of Stimulus money to promote CC. I believe that this structure is all about the money, not about having the correct tools for teaching, instructing, and guiding the student. Currently, each state sets its own standards. This has led to a nation with 50 sets of inconsistent standards, even though the expectations of colleges and employers in math and English are nearly universal and are not bound by state lines.
(Common Core State Standards Initiative) Since the release of the Common Core State Standards in 2010, numerous groups, including the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center), and the lead writers of the standards, have developed resources and supporting materials to assist states, districts, schools, and educators with implementing the Common Core. The resources listed below are designed to help improve understanding of the standards and their underlying premises.
(Implementation and Future Work pg. 1 para 1) Do the standards tell teachers what to teach? Is CC leaving for each teacher to teach the best way they know how? Teachers know best about what works in the classroom. That is why these standards establish what students need to learn, but do not dictate how teachers should teach. Instead, schools and teachers decide how best to help students reach the standards. © 2015 Common Core State Standards Initiative.
(Implementation and Future Work, pg. 1 para 1) Who will manage the Common Core State Standards in the future?
Myth: Adopting common standards means bringing all states’ standards down to the lowest common denominator. This means that states with high standards are actually taking a step backward by adopting the Common Core.
Fact: The standards are designed to build upon the most advanced current thinking about preparing all students for success in college, career, and life. This will result in moving even the best state standards to the next level. In fact, since this work began, there has been an explicit agreement that no state would lower its standards. The standards were informed by the best in the country, the highest international standards, and evidence and expertise about educational outcomes. We need college- and career-ready standards because even in high‐performing states, students are graduating and passing all the required tests but still need remediation in their postsecondary work.
The National Education Association, in a May 10, 2013 neatoday [sic] article, available at www.neatoday.org, stated: "the overwhelming consensus of the educators we heard from is that the Common Core will ultimately be good for students and education. Read on for six reasons why. 1. Common Core Puts Creativity Back in the Classroom... 2. Common Core Gives Students a Deep Dive... 3. Common Core Ratchets up Rigor... 4. Common Core is Collaborative... 5. Common Core Advances Equity... 6. Common Core Gets Kids College Ready"
Arizonans Against Common Core, on their homepage (accessed on May 27, 2014) available at www.arizonansagainstcommoncore.com, stated: "Where in the 'enumerated powers' of the US Constitution does it state that the federal government can dicatate [sic] education standards or assessments to the states? In the US Constitution, it does not state that the federal government has these powers, so the Common Core standards are unconstitutional and the states should have never adopted NCLB [No Child Left Behind], Common Core, nor any other education mandates that have come down from the federal government through the decades! We should 'nullify' their actions and 'restore our states rights' and 'protect our state sovereignty!'"

As time goes by we as a nation are not improving in the academic challenges, critical thinking, and we are leaving the curriculum behind. Now that my children are grown the less involve that occurs in my life with public school. This article has educated me to learn on what types of questions to ask my family about public school. Encourage my son to stay involve in the school that my granddaughter is attending. Have given these websites: www.corestandards.org, and www.procon.org for them to read and be more inform on the CC that is not a curriculum. The expectation for what knowledge and skills will help our students succeed. This is what CC represents to me is the change coming to a one way thinking. Education has changed to a different meaning. What about the universities curriculum?

References
Common Core - Questions. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.procon.org/view.resource.php
Common Core State Standards Initiative. (2015). Retrieved from http://www. corestandards.org
Schlafly, P. (2013, May 14). Backlash Against Common Core. Creators Syndicate. Retrieved from http://searcg.proquest.comcontentpronoxy.phoenix.educ/docview/1350779120?accountied=458

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