A new Rasmussen poll
finds that support for the Common Core standards among American parents
with school-age children has dropped dramatically. The telephone survey of 1,000 adults conducted June
21–22 found that only 34 percent of American adults with children of elementary
or secondary school age now favor requiring all schools across the nation to
meet the same Common Core education standards, an outcome that Rasmussen
observes is an 18-point drop from 52 percent in early November of
last year.
According to the survey, 47 percent oppose the controversial,
nationalized standards, compared to 32 percent in the prior survey. Of
those polled, 19 percent were undecided. The margin of sampling error of the
survey is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95 percent level of confidence. Jim
Stergios, executive director of the Massachusetts-based Pioneer Institute
for Public Policy Research, reacted to the new poll. “Common Core proponents
always banked on stealth — on keeping parents from knowing about the Core
until it was too late,” Stergios told Breitbart News. “When that didn’t
work, they paid for push polls to fabricate a sense of popular support.” “What’s
important about the Rasmussen poll is it’s the first high-quality poll done
on the question of support for Common Core,” he added. “And what it tells us
is unsurprising: The more people learn about the mediocre quality, the
unfunded mandates and the questionable legality of
Source:http://agenda21news.com/2014/07/rasmussen-common-core-support-plummets-among-parents-school-age-children/#more-2149the
Core, the less they like it.” Filed
Under: Education
Comments: Georgians need to vote
for Richard Woods for State School Superintendent this month. He is against Common Core. Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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