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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a conservative think tank, estimates implementing the new standards will cost the nation between $1 billion and $8 billion. Nearly all the profits will go to book publishers and test creators like Pearson and CTB/McGraw-Hill. Shael Polakow-Suransky, the chief academic officer of New York City schools, has warned: "There's lots and lots of books that have got fancy, pretty stickers on them saying 'Common Core,' but they actually haven't changed anything in the inside."[/quote][/quote] $1-8 billion for the whole country? That's not a lot of money. The annual operating budget of just MCPS alone is $2.3 billion. Also, is it surprising, or a sign of something bad, that profits will go to for-profit companies? To whom else would profits go? Finally, prudent school-system book buyers will actually look inside the books, instead of just buying them for their fancy, pretty stickers. [/quote]
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