Common Core Synthesis Essay

Now in our society, the demands and expectation for students to have a higher education and be more advance has elevated. Students should be able to mastered their basic course like Math and English which leds to the question whether Common core should be considerate in student’s education from K-12 grades. Common core develop a set of standard that every students should exceeds or at least met. This allowed the students to see where they are placed and what they needs to improve on. However, many people, especially parents oppose the idea of Common Core. They dislike the facts that parents ’t able to help their child who is struggling on their homework. The debate about this issue has been getting hotter ever since the state education chiefs and the governors had developed the Common Core.
Both writers, Erick Erickson author of “Why Parents Like Me are Angry About Common Core” and William J. Bennett author of ‘The Conservative Case for Common Core” has discussed about the concept of Common Core. Erickson see the
It is a federal incursion through money.”(p.9) Bennett also imply that the local school districts and school boards should have the rights to decide whether to accept the common core not the government, “The standards do not prescribe what is taught in our classrooms or how it's taught. That decision should always rest with local school districts and school boards.” (p.13)
In conclusion, both writer seems to have a different views and side for the concept of Common Core. Erickson uses his first hand experience and his perspective views as a father disagreed with the ideas of Common core. However, Bennett seems to see Common Core as a beneficial for