What Peter Gray has said about Common Core State Standards Initiative
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 29, 2026
Peter Gray, American evolutionary psychologist and author of Free to Learn and Restoring Childhood, has been quoted on Common Core State Standards Initiative once in 1 episode of Passion Struck with John R. Miles, most recently on September 29, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Gray claims the evidence is overwhelming that Common Core was the main cause of increased suffering among children after 2010.
“the data, the evidence is overwhelming that Common Core was the main cause of that increase in suffering among children”
Passion Struck with John R. Miles: Your Kids Don’t Need More Achievement. They Need More Freedom | Dr. Peter Gray - EP 826 (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 22:34
Episodes
Your Kids Don’t Need More Achievement. They Need More Freedom | Dr. Peter Gray - EP 826Passion Struck with John R. Miles · Sep 29, 2026 · 1 h 17 min
Evolutionary psychologist Peter Gray tells John R. Miles why children need free play and independence, blaming school pressure rather than smartphones for the youth mental health crisis.
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