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Sometimes when we set out to fix what is broken we can argue not only about what the fix

should be but actually about what the problem is.

And when it comes to American public education the diagnosis has been offered.

That our schools suffer from a lack of consistent standards coast to coast about what our

kids should leave school knowing.

And the fix that has been adopted in a number of states in the last few years is a set

of standards called the Common Core which have become the most contentious issue in American

education in the last generation.

With disputes about who drew up these standards whether they result in kids being over-tested.

And even whether standards make sense that they have to be common.

Are we fixing the right problem?

Well that sounds like the making of a debate.

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