Diluting education to the lowest common denominator is the best way to produce idiot voters and create obedient followers. While we have that now, this will shift the assembly line to full speed.
I am proud as hell that Texas said “NO” to this POS and to the Fed money with all the strings attached.
Unfortunately, there are more than a few Texas school districts that *ARE* teaching to Common Core standards. If you have elementary age kids, check their homework. I suspect you will get an unpleasant surprise.
When asked, the standard educator response about tested and vetted sounds like the answers given about "Whole Language". Since that went so well I can see why we want to do something similar < /s >