Backer of Common Core
School Curriculum Is Chosen to Lead College Board
By Tamar Lewin : New
York Times
David Coleman, an architect of the common
core curriculum standards that are being adopted in nearly all 50 states, will
become the president of the College Board,
starting in October.
Editors
note: Common core standards is what the politicians talk about while cutting
school budgets. Such standards do
not teach a single student.
“There’s no reason on earth for common core standards and these tests that we’re wasting billions of dollars on,” said Stephen Krashen, an emeritus education professor at the University of Southern California. “The problem is poverty, poverty, poverty. Middle-class children who go to well-funded schools do very well, but even the best tests, the most inspiring teachers, won’t mean anything if the kids don’t have enough to eat.”
The College Board, a membership
organization of high schools and colleges that administers the SAT, the
Advanced Placement program and other standardized tests, helped design the
standards — an outline of what students should learn in English and math from
kindergarten through high school — meant to ensure that all high school
graduates are prepared for college.
Many other leading education figures,
including Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, and former Gov. Jeb Bush of
Florida, also endorsed the appointment.
Kati Haycock, president of the Education Trust, said, “David is one of the
true creative geniuses in the ed reform world, one of the brightest, most
engaging and most persistent people in the field.”
Mr. Coleman and the standards have other
critics, too.
Over all, Mr. Coleman said, there is
widespread enthusiasm for the standards. “The degree of consensus is
remarkable,” he said. “I think a lot of my success has been my ability to work
with teachers.”
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