A high performance standard, yielding high rates of public school failure, will only confirm left wing fears that the Common Core is a Trojan horse for privatization. (educationnext.org)
But, after observing at close range how the voucher school movement was using standardized test results — the No Child Left Behind concept, for example — as excuses to declare public schools failures while promoting private schools, she completely changed her views. (host.madison.com)
That's a huge embarrassment to a mayor and his union allies who spend their time excusing public school failure rather than redressing it. (studentsfirstny.org)