Meet Common Core's Critics

Common Ground on Common Core:

Voices from across the political spectrum expose
the realities of Common Core State Standards

When an ideologically diverse array of the nation’s top education activists and experts comes together within the pages of a single volume to speak out against the Common Core State Standards and related initiatives in education, the magnitude of the issue couldn’t be more clear.

An engineer, a social worker, a local school board member, an education blogger, moms, lawyers, and academic researchers — each of the contributors to this book’s 18 essays sheds light on a different aspect of Common Core. Together the essays offer a highly informed and troubling picture of the dangers this controversial reform package poses to students, families, education, and society.

They also demonstrate that real dialogue and cooperation across political lines are not only possible but, in fact, crucial, both in defeating false reforms and establishing true education pathways that honor students, parents, and teachers alike.

Date: Thursday, December 11, 2014

Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Location: The Cotillion, 360 South Creekside Drive, Palatine, IL 60074

Price: Suggested contribution $10.00

Food: Hot & cold hors d’oeuvres and cash bar.

Books: Special price of $20.00 for a copy of Common Ground on Common Core at the event. If you can’t make the event but would like to purchase a book, please click here.

Registration: Register at this secure online site or contact Tonya Houston at 312/377-4000 or THouston@heartland.org