There are two important takeaways from this story. First, is that misinformation is part of a continuing strategy to paint a picture of American public schools as failures in order to sell the public the Common Core, charter schools and the corporate reform agenda. The second takeaway is that fact-checking is too often ignored by the press. The distortions are repeated even when, as in this case, common sense should call them into question. It is the responsibility of the press, not the public, to get the story straight and make sure the truth is told. Nowhere in this story does it state what common core will do to community college standards, hence the misrepresentation of facts to promote the common core agenda as something that will make kids college ready.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 07:56:34 +0000