Today 100 conservative education, business and political leaders issued a strong rebuke to a recent call for a national curriculum and national tests.
The manifesto counters the Albert Shanker Institute campaign for a common curriculum and criticizes the federal embrace of common assessments and the funding of two state partnerships to develop them. (Georgia is among the states involved in developing assessments for the Common Core State Standards.)
A local signatory is Kelly McCutchen of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation.
I know I risk the wrath of many, but as a parent I have no problem with a national curriculum and national tests.