In today's
GoLocalWorcester, Pioneer's Jamie Gass notes that Pioneer has done four independent analyses of
Common Core national education standards comparing them to standards in high-achieving states like Massachusetts. At every step, Common Core was inferior to what Mass. had previously.
Not to mention Common Core's
$15+ billion price tag... Read this
Washington Examiner piece citing Pioneer's report on the full costs of implementing Common Core: "the president's education takeover will cost states and local taxpayers $15 billion over a seven-year period. For that price, states will have to settle for standards that are mediocre at best."
Jim Stergios warns about a new source of rivalry between our fair Hub & the Big Apple:
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