National Education Standards: Implementation Issues

September 7, 2010

The Common Core education standards are being adopted by more and more states. But will they cause the same problems at the federal level that common standards have brought in various states? Two education experts weigh in.

Neal McCluskey Michael Petrilli Cato Institute Thomas B. Fordham Institute Neal McCluskey is Associate Director of the Center for Educational Freedom at the Cato Institute. He is author of Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and Compromises American Education. Michael Petrilli is Vice President for National Programs and Policy at the Fordham Institute and Executive Editor of Education Next. He is co-author, with Frederick M. Hess, of No Child Left Behind: A Primer.

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