GOP At Odds Over Federal Role In Common Core

Education Week (9/26, Klein) reports on an emerging schism in the GOP over whether the Common Core Standards "are a truly state-led, bipartisan effort to improve learning outcomes throughout the nation, or a federal movement that at least one opponent has dubbed 'Obama Core.' And some state officials who support the common academic standards say President Barack Obama's touting of the effort on the campaign trail isn't helping matters." Noting that some state legislators are beginning to throw the brakes on the standards, Education Weeks adds, "Proponents of the standards are quick to point out that they were developed through a partnership led by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association, and have been embraced by a cadre of Republican governors and state chiefs, as well as the president."