Common Core subject requirement may bump remedial education need

The Common Core, an effort to make sure students graduate high school with the knowledge they need for jobs and higher education, may actually increase the need for remedial education, one Owens Community College trustee believes.
Ron McMaster told the college Success Committee that the Common Core, which is being implemented through state, actually represents a step back.
McMaster said the concept was first initiated by the nation's governors, and then picked up by President Barack Obama as part of his Race to the Top initiative. The program is also being pushed by major philanthropic organizations including the Gates Foundation.