Common Core Battle Heats Up

Item: War at the Core: Formation of Idahoans for Excellence in Education announced /Maureen Dolan, Coeur d’Alene Press

More Info: The Idaho Core Standards are the Gem State’s version of the Common Core standards, an effort to elevate and align education benchmarks across the states. Supporters say it will add academic rigor and improve the state’s dismal college completion rate, and create a stronger workforce. Detractors claim educators were not involved in the development of the standards, that the creation of the standards was motivated by private, corporate interests and driven by a federal government that wants to create a national curriculum and a national database of citizens’ personal information. Opponents also claim the standards represent a loss of local control of curriculum. They dismiss the backers’ claim that the Common Core effort is “state-led,” rather than led by the federal government.

Question: Do Common Core foes have much of a chance to stop implementation of the standards?