Here's a guy who thinks that it's a "technocratic" approach.
"I think there are some humanists who sincerely support the common core as an ideal, and I can understand their thinking, but it is naive support. The common core is a creature of the neoliberal technocratic mindset, and it will be used as one tool among many now being deployed to further dehumanize the education provided in our public schools, whatever propaganda is spewn to deny such an intent."
http://afterthefuture.typepad.com/afterthefuture/page/2/
