I have to cut some of these city school admins a little slack, though. Most of their "students" are as dumb as a box of rocks so they have to at least act like they are doing something to earn their inflated salaries.
There was 5 BILLION in the Stimulus to fund the technology and other things for Common Core. Beck in the video below shows the government documents and how they will be collecting biometric information by using ipad technology.
Skip to 19:34 min in the video for info on the use of technology to collect DATA.
April 22, 2013
The Glenn Beck Program: Common Core and Education
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Oz7XOKcyRE0
Common Core: A Lesson Plan for Raising Up Compliant, Non-Thinking Citizens
Common Core: Subversive Threat to Education
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X0EFeH25bw
Some students truly lack basic ability. Others have the innate ability but do not develop basic skills in their primary school years. I was dealing with incoming high school freshmen whose reading was averaging a 3rd grade level. It's a big problem. They can't read their text books, and abstract thinking and connections are nearly impossible for many of them. These are deep problems that reflect home environments, peer values, and even natural selection. It's not something that is easy to fix.