Common Core Creates Public Schools Exodus

More and more parents across the county who reject the national Common Core standards are stretching their resources and removing their children from public schools. In this powerful piece by Dr. Susan Berry, parents talk about why they are quitting jobs and tightening belts so they can provide an alternative to the debilitating Common Core curricula and teaching methods.

Wyoming policy makers who think this flight from public education isn't happening right here in their own back yard, should think again. One of the lasting legacies of the Common Core may well be its power to open up parental choice to superior opportunities via home schooling, coops, and private schools.

And for anyone who thinks parents are the only ones concerned about the Common Core, take a look at this video of a brave Kindergarten teacher in Missouri who, despite being intimidated and bullied at work, chose to come forward and testify before the Missouri legislature against the Common Core. She is not alone in her concerns. Rather she is a part of a courageous group of teachers who have been willing to stand up against outright threats in order to voice their professional opinions. Teachers in Wyoming and elsewhere who see the negative effects of Common Core in their classrooms fear the potential loss of employment should they come forward and inform others about what is happening.