MORE ON CORE STANDARDS FOR EDUCATION. “Business Roundtable’s CEOs are pleased with the proposed K-12 Common Core State Standards released today by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State Officers. These standards, developed in conjunction with teachers, school administrators and experts, represent one of the most important developments in the history of American education.”

My support for “core standards” is waning as a result of a single word in the paragraph above: expert. The word is derived from the two words “ex” - meaning has-been - and “spurt” - which is a drip under pressure.