What I generally notice about these protests..., they’re never framed to focus on the Conservative point of view.
They are Leftist in nature. The only group I have heard that hates this testing, it’s the teachers and their unions. They hate it because they view it an invasion of their classroom, and it holds them responsible.
So Common Core may have gotten caught in the process here by accident, but I still submit these protests are Leftist in nature. They aren’t protesting Common Core. Common core won’t be challenged. It’s the testing they hate.
I don’t necessarily disagree with your point about Common Core, but testing is an important way to see if the kids and the teachers are improving.
Now, should common core be addressed? Why sure it should. I agree there.
I don’t object to testing in general, but I do object to these particular tests, which are aligned with Common Core. Also, something that a lot of parents don’t know is that these tests are part of a big data mining operation on the kids. In my area, kids are having to take the old Washington state tests, plus these new Common Core tests, plus other tests that they might need for college (SAT/ACT, etc.). The amount of testing is ridiculous.
Common Core is the subject of the protest for most of the parents involved. I have family in NY that are very vocal in the common core opposition - so much that my sister in law ran for and was elected to the school board because she adamantly refuses to accept the garbage teaching methods.
The tests, further, are not written to measure knowledge of a subject. The math tests, for example, require the use of common core methods to the exclusion of proven mathematical techniques. If a student does their multiplication long hand, using the time-proven method, they get no credit because they didn't use the common core technique (which many people who are fluent in math find counter intuitive and difficult to apply).
The story may center on the school employees, but the parents in large part are defending their children from common core.