1. What Others Are Saying About the Washington State Learning
Standards:
Washington State Newspaper Editorial Boards
“The new benchmarks provide tighter,
consistent expectations across the country. A
coherent educational system is further
improved by Common Core’s emphasis on fewer
topics covered more deeply.”
“The standards specify what students should know from kindergarten through 12th grade in
four areas of science: physical science; life science; earth and space science; and engineering,
technology and science application.”
“ Contrary to the conspiracy theory,
the Common Core idea sprouted in
the states when various education
experts collaborated on ideas to raise standards to improve global competitiveness.”
“ The Common Core State Standards — now being adopted by school districts in Washington
and most other states — ought to be uncontroversial…”
“For one thing, the standards are anything but “Obamacore,” as some tea partiers have
dubbed them. Common Core has been brewing since the 1990s; it began when the states’
education leaders started talking to each other about the country’s patchwork of incoherent
and typically lax academic standards.”