2015 will be a “brutal” year for Common Core standards, predicts Andy Smarick on Ahead of the Heard. While some think the backlash has peaked, Core defenders have not addressed “conservatives intellectually serious concerns” and keep antagonizing the right, writes Smarick. GOP legislators are more hostile than ever. 
He doesn’t mention it, but many people on the left hate the Core.
“As with all things gigantic and new, there are bound to be significant implementation glitches,” writes Smarick. Test scores will plummet. “Even in a placid political environment, such things would cause angst. In legislative chambers with DEFCON-1 Common-Core bellicosity, they’re the anaconda-squeeze on a hair trigger.”
I think he’s right, but enough states will stick with the Core to show whether it’s a step forward, a leap forward or a pratfall.