Left - wing policy supports neighborhood - based public schools,
opposes any methods to measure or differentiate the performance of teachers or schools, and argues instead for alternatives to school reform like increased anti-poverty spending or urging middle -
class parents to enroll their children in high - poverty schools.
New York was one of the first states to use Common Core - aligned tests, and as students» scores plummeted under the new tests, a small army of mostly white, middle -
class parents in the city's suburbs began to loudly
oppose the exams.