The Un-Common Core: What Are the Fundamentals? #FuturesEd

By Cathy Davidson. The single most common question I receive when I now address audiences, whether CEO's or parents, is about the Common Core. The politics have become so intense that I now call the Common Core the "ObamaCare of 2014."  By that I mean that, given that the numbers so far on the Affordable Care Act surpassed even optimistic predictions,  it becomes harder to blame everything terrible about American healthcare on the ACA. So now the Common Core is both a real issue--and irrational political hyperbole. More...