The Common Core journalism blackout

Earlier this month, a deliberately anonymous teacher set forth some of the problems she saw in the Common Core-based test she had to give her students. This teacher argued — and provided anecdotal evidence to show — that the Common Core-based test: (1) is developmentally inappropriate; and (2) does not actually assess what it claims to assess. Both excellent points. But it seems unlikely that reporters for any "mainstream" — or even non-mainstream — media outlets will investigate either of her a

Earlier this month, a deliberately anonymous teacher set forth some of the problems she saw in the Common Core-based test she had to give her students. This teacher argued — and provided anecdotal evidence to show — that the Common Core-based test: (1) is developmentally inappropriate; and (2) does not actually assess what it claims to assess. Both excellent points. But it seems unlikely that reporters for any "mainstream" — or even non-mainstream — media outlets will investigate either of her a…