Thanks, Bill. I appreciate your responses.
I don’t know if you have any interest in responding to the conspiracy theories about the Common Core. There’s some stuff in the comments here: http://dianeravitch.net/2013/10/15/mercedes-schneider-who-created-the-common-core-how-did-it-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-332091
One comment starts: The Common Core is largely the work of – as Mercedes Schneider points out – three main groups, “Achieve, ACT, and College Board.” Toss in the Education Trust. All of these groups are tied tightly to corporate-style “reform.”
I don’t know anything about this. I suspect there’s truth involvement of these groups, but I don’t know the nature of it.