“…to create just these kinds of tests—next-generation assessments aligned to the common core. When the tests are aligned to the common standards, the curriculum will line up as well—and that will unleash powerful market forces in the service of better teaching.” – Bill Gates, 2009 Speech To Natl. Conference of State Legislatures

The goal is to align everything so that students and the money have no where to go but Common Core.

LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow just made the Common Core aligned list.

While his cause for expanding literacy is admirable, this is truly disappointing to see.  This won’t be an app our house downloads.

Salon:

As this Kickstarter is happening, we’re seeing the rise in Common Core curriculum, and the backlash against that. Are you concerned about Common Core, or in general, are you concerned about how government regulation in the classrooms might affect usage of the app in the classroom?

I don’t think the Common Core will have a negative impact on the Reading Rainbow app; in fact, quite the contrary. We are a library of books, and all of our books are Common Core aligned. Or the vast majority of them are. And the idea of the video field trip is absolutely in alignment with the Common Core, giving children a thirst of literacy about the world around them. And having them apply the knowledge that they’re gaining in any given subject matter to the rest of their world, you follow? On top of that, I just try and stay in my lane, Prachi. Do you know what I mean?

Crossposted at StopCommonCoreNC.org