Common Core goes to 12 because its main goal is getting lots more kids into college based on tests to determine «college readiness» that will be linked to credit - bearing post-secondary courses that have been watered down. (jaypgreene.com)
But I'm convinced that, at this point in time, the way to create lots more «high - quality seats» for lots more kids is to make sure that charter schools and private school scholarships receive funding parity with «the system.» (educationnext.org)
Maybe we've «cracked the code» on making high - poverty schools more effective, but we're far from cracking the code on how to scale them up to serve lots more kids. (educationnext.org)