#  The Slow, Noisy Death of Common Core

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> ***![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2014/12040b.png)EDUCATION POLITICS***-Carol Burris says that [Common Core is dying “the death of a thousand cuts](http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/05/14/is-common-core-facing-death-by-a-thousand-cuts/).” Its supporters claim that the critics represent the extreme right, notably the Tea Party. Of course, the Tea Party is vociferous against the Common Core, but they are not alone.
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> In Néw York, the Tea Party does not have a large presence, yet opposition is strong, coming mainly from suburban parents. The Chicago Teachers Union voted unanimously to oppose Common Core, and they don’t have many Tea Party members.
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> Common Core has plenty of friends in the Obama administration and major corporations. For the tech industry and the testing and textbook industry, the Common Core is a huge multi-billion dollar industry.
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> Burris responds to those who say there is no alternative to the Common Core. New York had a new set of standards in reading developed by educators. It was swept away by Common Core.
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> Can Common Core survive the intense controversy it ignited? Speaking as a historian, having seen great theories sweep in and out, I would say that the rushed creation and implementation of the standards doomed them. This was a time for deliberate speed, not a hurried and untested plan.
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> Buying the support of education interest groups in D.C. is not the same as winning the support of the American public.
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> ***(Diane Ravitch is a historian of education at New York University. Her most recent book is Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools. This column was posted earlier on Diane’s blog.)***
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> ***Vol 12 Issue 40***
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> ***Pub: May 16, 2014***

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