This is a letter I wrote to the Nashua Telegraph. Their version was edited. Here is the original.
When President Obama touts “education reform” as one of his accomplishments, most people do not realize that he is referring to the new Common Core State Standards being implemented nationwide, including in New Hampshire.
Governor Lynch and the New Hampshire Board of Education brought this Trojan horse to our public schools.
Common Core was supposed to raise academic standards. However, they are not world class standards but a race to mediocrity.
Under Common Core, by the end of eighth grade students will be two years behind their international counterparts in math. High school graduates will achieve only a seventh-grade reading level.