Common Core Research Paper

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There is a current issue in society that people don’t pay much attention to, but when they do they notice that this problem goes from facing-the-facts to in-your-face. This issue is as small as two words but comes to a really big matter, the common core. Shocker isn't it, and yes we have all heard complaints against it in the past and angry parents speaking out, but does anybody really focus their full attention on topic such as this, of course not. Most people say "at least they are getting an education" but last time I checked the definition of education comes from the Latin word educere, which means "leading out" the students into a wider world of knowledge, not having a them memorize what they are told. With the new common core kids and …show more content…

When people bring up a discussion on issues in society you would hear stuff like, debts, equality, presidency, taxes, etc. but why not education or the common core and how instead of us "improving" education we are actually going backwards from where we once started. Teachers are now just reading out of a book and transferring that information to students to store in their brain for a test or a quiz, then one week later all that information is gone. Research has shown that students learn better and store information easier during class discussions rather than just copying bullet points down off a board for them to remember before a test. Society is losing the children rather than having them engage in what they are learning and providing them with content that actually interests them. Furthermore, the common core standards mainly focuses on the English Language Arts and mathematics and stem, and not much time the arts. In a Huffington Post article it states "New York City schools, for instance, saw an 84 percent decline in spending for arts supplies and equipment between 2006 and …show more content…

Or "college and career readiness", another slogan used by the Common Core to give a distorted view on education. The common core is a federal takeover on our education, they are basically in control where it’s the books written by the common core that’s teaching us and not the teachers, leaving them with so little control over their classrooms. The common core is not only bad for teachers but is also bad for all students because the common core is a one-size-fits-all that assumes every student learns the exact same way, a good education policy would meet all the students needs, learning styles, preferences, and paces. Not only that but the common core effects some states because they would have to move their standards backwards so that they would comply with the common core. Now I can sit here all day and list about 100 more problems but I would like yo state a last problem saying that the common core is bad for taxpayers and taxes are another society issue. The common core requires a big price that would be paid by taxpayers in those states so while taxpayers are paying all this money I myself self don’t see the education quality improving, so where is all that money

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