So do we. Unfortunately Common Core was adopted under a previous Dem governor who took a lot of Fed money, and it has to be paid back if we drop it. The text book problem remains because (as I understand it) Common Core principles have permeated ALL texts and tests used in the USA.
There are two state that did not accept Common Core. VA was one of them.
‘Has to be paid back if we drop it” - I knew there was stink-money involved in CC, but did not know this part. Thanks for clarifying. Good for Walker/ full speed ahead.
One of the interesting aspects of KhanAcademy.org is that when Salman Khan was asked if his instructional videos were a replacement for schools, he replied that he did not think so - but that the were a possible replacement for textbooks.KhanAcademy is tooling up to support Common Core, and it is possible that the answer to the question, “Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?” will ultimately be “No” on that account. But it’s like the atom bomb - ultimately the secret was not how it worked but that it worked - once the nations knew that it worked, inevitably they would figure out how.Having the example of the KhanAcademy, there is really no difficulty in making WisconsinAcademy.org. Khan’s budget is pocket change for Wisconsin - especially if it chose to cooperate with other CommonCore-skeptical states to produce a more open educational model. In the limiting case, the drive would be to enable teachers and school boards to create their own versions of the YouTube academy.
And the textbook industry will be toast.