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Common core could work, but what we need are adequate resources, meaningful professional development and curriculum that s aloined to the common core. and that is the problem, isn t it, margery, because where is the money going to come from? it doesn t matter where you live, you re hearing about school budgets being cut. i agree. and we hear from teachers all the time that they are going to need support. but the reality is, is that they re excited about common core because it s asking them to do the things that i think they really want to do for their kids, which is help them become bet better thinkers, deal with rigorous curriculum, help them reason. so i think they ll find the resources that they re going to need but it might take a little bit of time. let s talk for people who might not have kids in school and might not be familiar with common core. what do you hope to accomplish? it s a clear and consistent set of guidelines for what kids ....
Phillips, director of education for the bill and melinda gates foundation, and margery mayer, president of the scholastic foundation. great of both of you to come in. vicki, why has there been so much controversy about common core? i think as you can tell from teachers not so much controversy. they re very aware of it, very positive about it and understand the challenges of implementing it. i think some of the controversy comes more from people who don t know about it yet, haven t heard about it and once they understand what these standards will do for students, that sort of worry about it dissipates. well, one of the big surprise, i think, is that how overwhelming some of the numbers were. your poll found that 74% of teachers said common core would require them to change their teaching practices, doesn t seem to worry them because only 8% are against it. at our education nation teacher town hall, a high school teacher addressed this problem. take a listen. we believe that our st ....