NC legislators listen to debate over Common Core standards.

 This week some critics of the Common Core State Standards voiced their opinions stating that these education guidelines were causing children to hate to go to school. On Thursday a public hearing was held during which a state legislative research committee spoke about considering to recommend dumping or overhauling the standards used in North Carolina’s public schools. Legislators heard from sixty speakers, on both sides of the issue. The Common Core Standards are supposed to set a clear, consistent blueprint for what students should learn from kindergarten through high school. Common Core has been adopted in forty-five states, the North Carolina Board of Education agreed to it in 2010.Several educators who spoke Thursday said that Common Core has improved education by getting students to think more about problem-solving skills as opposed to memorization. Critics of Common Core viewpoints are part of a national conservative backlash that’s causing some states, such as Tennessee, to consider dropping Common Core.

 I think that the Common Core standards are only hurting children. I believe that teachers need to be able teach without out having a certain set of guidelines to follow. As long as children are learning things that are relevant and that are going to prepare them for either college or a carrer, I do not see the need for these “standards.”’

Today we went on a field trip for AP Government and Politics to Onslow County’s Close Up. Close up is an event that allows students to get a closer look at how our local government works. We had a question and answer session at lunch in which we discussed education and if standardized testing is fair. 

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/03/20/3717599/speakers-debate-use-of-common.html