Support for Common Core Slipping Among Teachers

According to a poll released Wednesday from Education Next, 40 percent of teachers surveyed said they opposed the standards, a number which has more than tripled from the 12 percent who said they opposed Common Core in 2013.

Just last year, Common Core enjoyed a majority support from teachers, with 76 percent behind it. That number has plummeted, however, with less than half -- 46 percent -- of teachers saying they now support the standards.

In 2013, teachers were much more on board with the standards and were generally morepositive in their views of Common Core than the public (76 percent compared to 65 percent), but today teachers are lesspositive on the standards(46 percent compared to 53 percent).

Last year, only 12 percent of the teaching force expressed opposition to the standards -- virtually the same percentage as the public. Today, teacher opposition is nearly twice as high as opposition among the public, with 40 percent opposing compared to 26 percent of the public who say they oppose the standards.

The Education Next poll was based on feedback from more than 5,000 respondents in May and June and conducted by Knowledge Networks.