Parents!! Think the Common Core is Just Common?

Parents! If you have ever wondered if the Common Core State Standards were good for education or necessary for your children, you need to read the alarming statistics about how our current system is preparing students for college and/or careers. 

As American students return to classes in a public education system projected to be majority minority for the first time this fall, new test scores provide alarming evidence that students of color remain far behind their white counterparts.

While only 39 percent of all students who took the ACT college admissions test in 2013 scored well enough to be deemed college-ready by the testing company, the number was dramatically lower for minority students, with only 11 percent of African-American and 18 percent of Hispanic students meeting the bar. Forty-nine percent of white students and 57 percent of Asian students made the mark.