Course: Activist Involvement: Common Core
FreedomWorks
This four-part series is an educational tool that serves as a comprehensive course regarding a new, nationalized curriculum known as the Common Core State Standards. The series begins with a history of the process and continues by describing why grassroots activists are so concerned about its dangers limitations. Students will learn about the back-door deals that were necessary for special interest groups, and what they can do to get involved in their local communities to fight back.
Common Core is a special interest takeover of education that replaces local control with national standards, treating every child as though they are the same and learn the same. These standards affect every school in the nation by allowing big business and bureaucrats into the classroom. The standards established through Common Core fail to account for innovation or critical thinking. Education should be about rewarding excellence and treating children like the unique individuals they are—not a race to mediocrity and commonality.
Lesson 1: The History of Common Core
Lesson 2: Who’s Involved in Common Core?
Lesson 3: Where Are We Today?
Lesson 4: Take Action Against Common Core
