Posted on 04/02/2014 12:11:14 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Building the Machine introduces the public to the Common Core States Standards Initiative (CCSSI) and its effects on our children’s education. The documentary compiles interviews from leading educational experts, including members of the Common Core Validation Committee. Parents, officials, and the American public should be involved in this national decision regardless of their political persuasion. What is the common core?
The Common Core is the largest systemic reform of American public education in recent history. What started as a collaboration between the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers to reevaluate and nationalize America’s education standards has become one of the most controversial—and yet, unheard of—issues in the American public.
In 2010, 45 states adopted the Common Core, but according to a May 2013 Gallup Poll, 62% of Americans said they had never heard of the Common Core. Prominent groups and public figures have broken traditional party lines over the issue, leaving many wondering where they should stand.
Find out more about the Common Core: hslda.org/commoncore why does hslda care about the common core?
Early in 2009, Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) began researching the Common Core in depth to gauge its would-be effect upon homeschooling families. Our team realized the national significance of this reform not only for public schools, but also for private schools and homeschools. HSLDA’s in-house film crew set out to create Building the Machine, the first investigative documentary about the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
After a year of research and production, we present the story of the Common Core through the voices of those who know it best.
Shoved down our throats like Obamacare. Dictated by a committee in Washington DC.
So, what difference is CC from No Child Left Behind?
“Commie Core”
I like the name.
This is Alinsky philosophy stuff being used to lower the freedom of parents determining their children’s education.
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Yep.
Very good movie. I was opposed to Common Core before watching it, and am even more opposed now, but also better armed with reasoning as to why it should be opposed.
I am in the same position. Please, please, share the link with others. Education is important.
Later
Bookmark.
Common Core takes the fed's role in education another step further.
Under NCLB, if a public school did not reach its own state's standards, federal funding could be removed from the school.
But, Common Core sets federal standards, and most of the states decided to sign on to CC. That may sound like a good idea, but there is controversy about the standards. For example, one complaint is that, under CC, the correct answer to a question isn't correct unless a student writes the reasoning behind it.
CC will affect everyone, even students in private school or home school, because by 2016 the SAT will change to match CC.
That's my understanding of the issue, anyway.
I don’t care about Common Core because the WONDERFUL schools that my children attend would NEVER implement something that silly. No, OUR schools are better than that, we know the teachers, the principals, the school board. They (mostly) have children in our schools, so this will NEVER happen here. Nope...only in those OTHER schools.
(how FReepers STILL rationalize sending their kids to public schools, despite all they read here)
Thanks.
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