By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org

NEW YORK – You have to wonder if there’s a reason to be concerned about a plan that attracts opposition from liberals, conservatives and everyone in between.

Such is the case with the new Common Core national math and English curriculum, which has been adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia.

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The plan has been attacked by many organizations that fear the imposition of federal education standards will destroy local control of public education, and fear that personal data that will be collected from every student could be shared with outside interests and abused.

Those groups include more conservative organizations like the Republican National Committee, the American Association of Christian schools and the Home School Legal Defense Association.

But now the American Federation of Teachers has checked in with its concerns, stretching the roster of Common Core critics across the ideological spectrum.

In a recent speech in New York, AFT President Randi Weingarten has called for a delay in the implementation of the Common Core system, according to Heritage.org. She believes there should be at least one year of field testing for the standards to determine their potential impact.

Weingarten’s biggest worry is that teachers haven’t been prepared to implement the new standards and rushing the system might do more harm than good, the news report said.

“The fact that the changes are being made nationwide without anything close to adequate preparation is a failure of leadership, a sign of a broken accountability system and, worse, an abdication of our moral responsibility to kids, particularly poor kids,” Weingarten was quoted as saying.

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Many individuals and organizations have come out in recent months in opposition to the Common Core standards. Considering the program was never willingly adopted by the states – most signed on because millions of extra dollars of federal education funding was at stake – perhaps it’s time for everyone to step back, take a deep breath and closely consider what we’re about to adopt and how it will affect American’s schools and students.

It appears caution may definitely be in order.