I don’t even really understand it and I am convinced that the students in New York State who are being subjected to this new curriculum don’t either. Not to mention the teachers who by estimation are all kind of scratching their heads.

This past year, the entirety of the way our students learned was changed, at least in my school district. The curriculum as well as the testing is different.

The result? Decline in standardized test results by forty percent!

This all makes no sense to me.

Can someone please explain to me the logical reason – there must be one – for the common core? And the benefits my children can expect?