This is why the is such a bumpy rollout. You cannot just get on a podium and say that out shall have standards. Thou shalt have standards. Do withn a podium and the government did, and spend on testing solutions, and yet there was no attempt to figure out how forreate an appropriation the building of professional development and curriculum and the things that are absolutely essential to do this transition. Beenat is why there has sent to bumpy road because there a standardis race to rather than a publication thoughtful implementation. People are surprised by this, the fact that john engler and myself wrote a letter in november to every single governor who was on top and adopting the common core, and saying it is important, but were to do it right. We should trust stages, give them the time in the professional development and the curriculum support to do this right before you do this kind of testing. The isu have the head of is roundtable and the head of the National Union saying stop,
Let me just say that we at the a. F. T. Are big supporters of the common core not to be implemented in a straitjacket kind of way, but we are more aligned to Critical Thinking and applying knowledge, which is what kids need to do and know how to do for the middle class jobs of this century and the next well i will not talking about the next center, but the rest of the century. We became a big believer and how you have these have these kinds of standards. This is why the is such a bumpy rollout. You cannot just get on a podium and say that out shall have standards. Thou shalt have standards. Or get on a podium and do with the government did, and spend on testing solutions, and yet there was no attempt to figure out how to create an appropriation for the building of professional development and curriculum and the things that are absolutely essential to do this transition. So that is why there has been such a bumpy road because there has been this race to a standard rather than a publicat
This friday edition of the washington journal. Were back tomorrow morning at 7 00. Check out our Schedule Information on our website at c span. Org. Have a terrific weekend. President obama yesterday ordered flags at half staff and honor of Nelson Mandela. He was in prison nearly three decades. He willly became be buried in his ancestral village on december 15. Following yesterdays news, president obama delivered a. Tatement at the white house at his trial in 1964, Nelson Mandela closed saying i have fought against white domination and i have fought against white ive cherish the ideal in which people can live in harmony. It is an ideal i hope to live within to achieve. It is an ideal for which i am prepared to drdie. Nelson mandela lived for that it real. He made today he has gone home, and we have lost one of the most influential, courageous, and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this earth. He no longer belongs to us. He belongs to the ages. Through
Designed to make money, 48 ilion 48 billion a year, does not make sense at the time when we are talking about how much debt students are carried. The higher the interest rate, the longer you will have that debt. 48 billion dollars in profits is hard to justify. One thing as tuition goes up, and a very High Percentage of our instate students are getting some degree of aid and making sure they are getting real value is extremely important, and making sure we are offering the right course work that is going to give a young person the skills of a slightly older person. I was taking a road trip, and i go to a Community College in infield, connecticut. They had been offering a Manufacturing Education Program for 12 years and had 98 to 100 placement rate. We have 12 Community Colleges. It makes no sense in a state that is number two per capita in submarines and construction. Almost all of it is highvalue added as opposed to lower value added. We were not reshaping our schools to produce the h