IQ2 debate: Should We Embrace the Common Core?

Maxfield Elementary classroom
Students at Maxfield Elementary School in St. Paul, shown here on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, are spending more time on reading and math in an effort to raise test scores. Maxfield is one of 130 Minnesota schools that has filed an improvement plan with the state.
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In K-12 education, there are few things more controversial than the Common Core education standards, the national academic standards in English and math.

A debate from the Intelligence Squared series asks if this is a necessary and important education reform, or if the federal government has overreached and saddled schools with flawed standards.

Will the Common Core raise the bar and improve the quality of education for our children?

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