Common Core Standards--Yes or NO!

[Roadrunner]

Well my young head full of mush, do some research for yourself, there are many links out there, YOU decide, I can only start the ball rolling in here!

I tried, seems to be a dead subject...not at the propaganda level, just the original source material..

Not sure it has been demonstrated that these books are actual texts in adoption in any state or district.

I retired years ago, and have no idea what lower grade texts look like today.

That said, look at the reading level.

Shit, looks like second grade stuff.

I hope they aren't real.

I home schooled my last child to the 4th grade with a place called Zion Academy,,these books remind me of their lower grade text books, more general than specific, but at a young age that's the style...

Texts are now geared to the lowest common denominator, thanks to NO CHILD ALLOWED AHEAD.

Another republican educational program..?

Yes, Bush Brilliance in action.

Public ed got so fuckin' crazy.

The special ed kids, sometimes even the severely retarded and their personal aids, were put into the regular classroom as the bright ones were removed for "Advanced Placement" and/or "Gifted and Talented".

Special ed teachers and supervisors became the Gestapo, and after years of being kept in the back of the school, invaded the classroom.

Every test had to have a "study guide", every test made available to SE in advance, every test had to have an "Answer Bank" for the SE kids.

It was a fuckin' farce.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Bullshit, that's the propaganda speaking, how do you think subversives, like yourself, got to promote your socialist/Communist/Nazi/Fascist/Marxist/Progressive ideas through our school system for the last 60 years?....By strictly your word of mouth to our children?..... Some of us, that have been here long enough to have watched it happen!

Propaganda? That race is still a problem and we have to work together? That it is socialist/Communist/Nazi/ Fascist/Marxist/Progressive propaganda? You are a fucking loon.

Perhaps others are smart enough to see what YOU, and your subversive friends want... possibly more than anything, as a good drone is a SAFE drone, and will do whatever is commanded of them.... Think people, NO MORE FREEWILL, only group think, and subservience to the government allowed....HISTORY IS REPEATING UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, and that will undoubtedly lead to SACRIFICE of the very first order....THINK about it!

Only a fool would come to your conclusion. Working together is not fascism or communism or whatever. You want one caste system, your narrow thinking fed down. No.

"The Manchurian Republican, who we have uncovered as a liar and a propagandist" is a flat set of lies. Vigilante has been caught, exposed and flayed for his far right reactionary anti-American values.

The far right will always be exposed as the enemy of America's youth and future.

Yes, Vigilante is sounding like a far right version of "Hitler's minister of propaganda".

Why do you think your candidates got their asses kicked in the primaries.

 

[BlackSand]

If you think your state is developing the Common Core standards and material aids (or any state for that matter) ... Look at the copyright and manufacturing data on the title page.
It isn't your state ... Common Core is an attempt to federalize curriculum ... And an attempt to take education and the school beyond what parents can hold accountable.

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and this is different than Texas and California setting textbook standards for the rest of the country because they are the largest consumers of textbooks how?

It is different in how it is mandated through federal oversight and what curriculum is required.
The school boards have a choice when selecting text books or any classroom materials without Common Core salesmanship and federal mandates.

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[JakeStarkey]

"common core textbook lies - Bing Images"

Bing is not a qualified source: there are no links to the far right propaganda images. Run along.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Vigilante, the board leader, an admitted online paid hack for reactionary far right antiAmerican causes, is stumbling above badly.

 

[AquaAthena]

Perhaps this...
Arizona deserves better than Superintendent Huppenthal as their 8220 chief educator 8221

Why do they hide the preface when taking pics to prove that the book is actually a text book and who publishes it?

Moonbeam, all my children and geand children, are past this stage, and have the capacity to realize what is propaganda, and truth, yours are not. I suggest you look into it for your child's own good. I can only display what is available on the net, you can go further, such as trying your local library, or call your school system and find out what books are being used, and do a reading of them yourself. If you disagree, fine, if you agree, fine. I only point out what I see and believe, but then again, I'm 100% certain that we are not alone in this universe!

Without a title and publisher and some indication where these books are being used, it is hard to put much credence into it.

I have seen some ridiculous texts though, and have been out of the business almost ten years.

Some documentation would be helpful.

This is the last paragraph from the sourced article: ↓ ↓ ↓

One reason that bipartisan moment didn’t last for long is that Obama’s Department of Education began to tie federal funding, though the Reach for the Top grants, to whether states had adopted either the Common Core standards or a state version that was equally robust. That gave the Common Core standards the sheen of being a top-down federal government program—which angered the Republican base.Jeb Bush Will Face Questions Over Common Core in White House Run


Why I Cannot Support the Common Core Standards Diane Ravitch s blog


Common Core Under Attack from the left and the right:

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2014/03/common%20core%20state%20standards/bleiberg_west_common%20core%20state%20standards.pdf

 

[Roadrunner]

Perhaps this...
Arizona deserves better than Superintendent Huppenthal as their 8220 chief educator 8221

Why do they hide the preface when taking pics to prove that the book is actually a text book and who publishes it?

Moonbeam, all my children and geand children, are past this stage, and have the capacity to realize what is propaganda, and truth, yours are not. I suggest you look into it for your child's own good. I can only display what is available on the net, you can go further, such as trying your local library, or call your school system and find out what books are being used, and do a reading of them yourself. If you disagree, fine, if you agree, fine. I only point out what I see and believe, but then again, I'm 100% certain that we are not alone in this universe!

Without a title and publisher and some indication where these books are being used, it is hard to put much credence into it.

I have seen some ridiculous texts though, and have been out of the business almost ten years.

Some documentation would be helpful.

This is the last paragraph from the sourced article: ↓ ↓ ↓

One reason that bipartisan moment didn’t last for long is that Obama’s Department of Education began to tie federal funding, though the Reach for the Top grants, to whether states had adopted either the Common Core standards or a state version that was equally robust. That gave the Common Core standards the sheen of being a top-down federal government program—which angered the Republican base.Jeb Bush Will Face Questions Over Common Core in White House Run


Why I Cannot Support the Common Core Standards Diane Ravitch s blog


Common Core Under Attack from the left and the right:

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2014/03/common%20core%20state%20standards/bleiberg_west_common%20core%20state%20standards.pdf

Federal "guidelines" are always tied to cash.

 

[Moonglow]

Perhaps this...
Arizona deserves better than Superintendent Huppenthal as their 8220 chief educator 8221

Why do they hide the preface when taking pics to prove that the book is actually a text book and who publishes it?

Moonbeam, all my children and geand children, are past this stage, and have the capacity to realize what is propaganda, and truth, yours are not. I suggest you look into it for your child's own good. I can only display what is available on the net, you can go further, such as trying your local library, or call your school system and find out what books are being used, and do a reading of them yourself. If you disagree, fine, if you agree, fine. I only point out what I see and believe, but then again, I'm 100% certain that we are not alone in this universe!

Without a title and publisher and some indication where these books are being used, it is hard to put much credence into it.

I have seen some ridiculous texts though, and have been out of the business almost ten years.

Some documentation would be helpful.

This is the last paragraph from the sourced article: ↓ ↓ ↓

One reason that bipartisan moment didn’t last for long is that Obama’s Department of Education began to tie federal funding, though the Reach for the Top grants, to whether states had adopted either the Common Core standards or a state version that was equally robust. That gave the Common Core standards the sheen of being a top-down federal government program—which angered the Republican base.Jeb Bush Will Face Questions Over Common Core in White House Run


Why I Cannot Support the Common Core Standards Diane Ravitch s blog


Common Core Under Attack from the left and the right:

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2014/03/common%20core%20state%20standards/bleiberg_west_common%20core%20state%20standards.pdf

Federal "guidelines" are always tied to cash.

Always....

 

[JakeStarkey]

Always

The answer is not to accept the federal program.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Go back to whatever created the greatest generation, and teach that. They could read, they could write, they could add, spell, think for themselves, use a compass, pass vocabulary tests, write essays, make change, compete.....

Or go to a country that is educating their children and adopt their curriculum. What we are producing is the butt of jokes like Jay Walking on the Leno show. We are raising morons.

Good point. We should follow whoever is getting the job done! I say we follow Finland.

Wiki--

Education in Finland is an education system with no tuition fees and with fully subsidised meals served to full-time students. The present Finnish education system consists of daycare programs (for babies and toddlers) and a one-year "pre-school" (or kindergarten for six-year-olds); a nine-year compulsory basic comprehensive school(starting at age seven and ending at the age of fifteen); post-compulsory secondary general academic and vocational education; higher education (University and University of Applied Sciences); and adult (lifelong, continuing) education. The Finnish strategy for achieving equality and excellence in education has been based on constructing a publicly funded comprehensive school system without selecting, tracking, or streaming students during their common basic education.

What The U.S. Can Learn From Finland Where School Starts At Age 7 NPR

You cannot compare a multi-cultural pluralistic society with a frozen enclave of white people up in the tundra.

Of course you can. Can we teach a multi-cultural pluralistic society to read, write, and add? Of course you can.
Culture has nothing to do with it. Thinking that is does is why we are where we are today. Leave culture, and race, touchy feely out of it and teach for God's sake.

 

[Annie]

Our governor(walker) voted for the common core and was a proponent of it. Now its no good. ???

If you're referring to Scott Walker, it seems for the most part he was following his predecessor early in first term, since then has shifted. Indeed, seems he has been learning more as time passes:

Scott Walker s shifting position on the Common Core education standards PolitiFact Wisconsin

 

[Unkotare]

Children are to be freed from the tyranny of rote memory....

Nonsense.

 

[oreo]

New York officials recently released the results of the state’s 2014 Common Core State Standards-aligned exams. In this post information award-winning Principal Carol Burris of South Side High School in the Rockville Centre School District, explains what they mean. Burris has been writing about problems with the controversial school reform efforts in her state for some time on this blog. (You can read some of her work here,here, here, here, and here.) She was named New York’s 2013 High School Principal of the Year by the School Administrators Association of New York and the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and in 2010, tapped as the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association of New York State.

This time last year, New York State Schools Chancellor Merryl Tisch made a very big promise. Comparing herself to the great Babe Ruth she said:

“He called that shot, and he said, ‘I’m going to hit it there’…A year from now, God willing, if we’re all sitting here, I promise you test scores are going to go up.” A year later, let’s see how the Bambina did.

Curiously, this year it is far more difficult to see where the ball landed. The New York State Education Department did not provide as much detail as they have in the past. For example, in prior years, including the first year of Common Core State Standards-aligned testing, average scores known as means–both statewide and by subgroup—were given. This is important because while proficiency levels are set by the state education commissioner and are thus subject to manipulation, average scores are a good second check on student performance. In other words, even if there is an umpire at home plate, you still need one positioned near first base as well.

This year those mean scores — the “second umpire” — are absent from the report .

When transparency declines, it is rarely accidental. In order to see how average scores may have changed from last year to this year, I computed an estimate based on county data, for which the state still reports these scores.

I chose nine counties with large student populations, including three New York City counties. New York City was featured for its score gains. In addition to the New York City counties (Manhattan, Bronx and Queens), I chose three affluent suburban counties (Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester) and three upstate counties that include cities, suburbs and rural areas (Albany, Monroe and Erie).

English-Language Arts (ELA) scores never left the infield. Although an additional 0.5 percent of students exceeded the cut score that allegedly shows they are proficient in the Common Core standards, average scores on five of the six tested grade levels appear to have declined. The average decline in third-grade ELA scale scores among the nine counties was three points. The fourth-grade average decline was one point, fifth-grade averages dropped three points, the sixth-grade score drop was one point, and seventh-grade average scores dropped four points. The only grade that did not see a decline in average scores was Grade 8—the difference in the means was 0.

The only good news for ELA was that the achievement gap between white and black proficiency rates narrowed a bit. However, a narrower gap, achieved predominantly through lower scores of the higher performing group, is not the strategy of choice. The proficiency rate for white students dropped two points (38 percent), and the proficiency rate for black students went up one point (17 percent).

Although math scores were not a strikeout, they were hardly a home run. Across grade levels 3-7, the average scale point increase was four. There was a drop in eighth-grade scores, but that was most likely due to exemptions granted to students who took algebra. I excluded that drop from the calculation. To put the increase in perspective, given that the average math scale score in the nine districts was 301, it would indicate that students got either one or two more test items correct on this year’s test. A score of 301 is in the Band Level 2, which is below proficient.

Although the New York State Education Department reported that all subgroups had improved proficiency rates in math, they failed to report that increases were uneven. What that means is that achievement gap in math on the Common Core tests may be increasing. The proficiency rates for white students increased by 7 percentage points, but the increase for black students was smaller—5 percent. Forty-five of white students are considered proficient in the math standards as compared with 20 percent of black students. Students who were English proficient had their rate increase by 5 percentage points, but the increase in proficiency for English language learners was only 2 percent. While general education students saw math proficiency increases of 7 percentage points, the increase for the increase for students with disabilities was only 3 percentage points. Mean scores for subgroups of students were not made public this year, so a more detailed analysis is not possible.

The lack of success of the state’s most vulnerable children on tests that are inappropriate measures of learning is breathtaking. The ELA proficiency rate for students with disabilities who are economically disadvantaged is only 4 percent. Seventy-six percent of such students remain in the lowest of the 4 score bands, 1. This is not a small group of students; they comprise 123,233 of New York’s public school children in Grades 3-8. The news was equally bad for the nearly 78,000 English Language learners whose ELA proficiency rate remained stuck at 3 percent.

Ms. Tisch had every reason to expect that scores would rise. The state had spent in excess of $28 million on curriculum. Familiarity with the test alone should have resulted in a bump in the scores. The Regents had turned up the heat on teachers and principals with an accountability system that made their job, in part, dependent on how their students did on the test. The odds were in Bambina’s favor.

However, all of the above could not compensate for tests that were inappropriate measures of the performance of all of New York’s children. Nor could the above compensate for flawed Common Core standards based on assumptions not based on research and sound educational practice.

It is time for Ms. Tisch and the Board of Regents to alter the course, re-examine the Common Core standards and its tests, and courageously stand for the children of New York. The original embrace of the Race to the Top reforms was understandable and forgivable. The continuation of the reforms — despite the mounting evidence of failure — is not. This is not a game of baseball.
What new Common Core test scores really show - The Washington Post

 

[Judicial review]

Common Core is not communistic; any who suggest that need to be investigated for mental illness.

The core standards are developed by each state, not the national government.

The error is the mandated testing days.

Turn the standards over to the school districts and let the teachers develop the coursework.

The outcome will be far better than what it is now.

No the standards are NOT developed by each state. They were sent down from above--(The Federal Government) based on what a couple of administrators developed.
It 8217 s Official The Feds Control Common Core AFP

The kids are being used as an experiment, and one that is failing quickly.

I agree--the states, especially the school districts should be in charge of their own curriculum. Untie teachers hands and let them know what THEY do best, which is TEACH.

Watch the above videos for clarification on what common core is and where it came from.

Read the common core bill. You obviously haven't. the states that have adopted it are leading the country in math and english. The ones like texas are way behind. The texas Gov looked like a fool on the kelly file the other day being against it. .

 

[Annie]

New York officials recently released the results of the state’s 2014 Common Core State Standards-aligned exams. In this post information award-winning Principal Carol Burris of South Side High School in the Rockville Centre School District, explains what they mean. Burris has been writing about problems with the controversial school reform efforts in her state for some time on this blog. (You can read some of her work here,here, here, here, and here.) She was named New York’s 2013 High School Principal of the Year by the School Administrators Association of New York and the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and in 2010, tapped as the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association of New York State.

This time last year, New York State Schools Chancellor Merryl Tisch made a very big promise. Comparing herself to the great Babe Ruth she said:

“He called that shot, and he said, ‘I’m going to hit it there’…A year from now, God willing, if we’re all sitting here, I promise you test scores are going to go up.” A year later, let’s see how the Bambina did.

Curiously, this year it is far more difficult to see where the ball landed. The New York State Education Department did not provide as much detail as they have in the past. For example, in prior years, including the first year of Common Core State Standards-aligned testing, average scores known as means–both statewide and by subgroup—were given. This is important because while proficiency levels are set by the state education commissioner and are thus subject to manipulation, average scores are a good second check on student performance. In other words, even if there is an umpire at home plate, you still need one positioned near first base as well.

This year those mean scores — the “second umpire” — are absent from the report .

When transparency declines, it is rarely accidental. In order to see how average scores may have changed from last year to this year, I computed an estimate based on county data, for which the state still reports these scores.

I chose nine counties with large student populations, including three New York City counties. New York City was featured for its score gains. In addition to the New York City counties (Manhattan, Bronx and Queens), I chose three affluent suburban counties (Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester) and three upstate counties that include cities, suburbs and rural areas (Albany, Monroe and Erie).

English-Language Arts (ELA) scores never left the infield. Although an additional 0.5 percent of students exceeded the cut score that allegedly shows they are proficient in the Common Core standards, average scores on five of the six tested grade levels appear to have declined. The average decline in third-grade ELA scale scores among the nine counties was three points. The fourth-grade average decline was one point, fifth-grade averages dropped three points, the sixth-grade score drop was one point, and seventh-grade average scores dropped four points. The only grade that did not see a decline in average scores was Grade 8—the difference in the means was 0.

The only good news for ELA was that the achievement gap between white and black proficiency rates narrowed a bit. However, a narrower gap, achieved predominantly through lower scores of the higher performing group, is not the strategy of choice. The proficiency rate for white students dropped two points (38 percent), and the proficiency rate for black students went up one point (17 percent).

Although math scores were not a strikeout, they were hardly a home run. Across grade levels 3-7, the average scale point increase was four. There was a drop in eighth-grade scores, but that was most likely due to exemptions granted to students who took algebra. I excluded that drop from the calculation. To put the increase in perspective, given that the average math scale score in the nine districts was 301, it would indicate that students got either one or two more test items correct on this year’s test. A score of 301 is in the Band Level 2, which is below proficient.

Although the New York State Education Department reported that all subgroups had improved proficiency rates in math, they failed to report that increases were uneven. What that means is that achievement gap in math on the Common Core tests may be increasing. The proficiency rates for white students increased by 7 percentage points, but the increase for black students was smaller—5 percent. Forty-five of white students are considered proficient in the math standards as compared with 20 percent of black students. Students who were English proficient had their rate increase by 5 percentage points, but the increase in proficiency for English language learners was only 2 percent. While general education students saw math proficiency increases of 7 percentage points, the increase for the increase for students with disabilities was only 3 percentage points. Mean scores for subgroups of students were not made public this year, so a more detailed analysis is not possible.

The lack of success of the state’s most vulnerable children on tests that are inappropriate measures of learning is breathtaking. The ELA proficiency rate for students with disabilities who are economically disadvantaged is only 4 percent. Seventy-six percent of such students remain in the lowest of the 4 score bands, 1. This is not a small group of students; they comprise 123,233 of New York’s public school children in Grades 3-8. The news was equally bad for the nearly 78,000 English Language learners whose ELA proficiency rate remained stuck at 3 percent.

Ms. Tisch had every reason to expect that scores would rise. The state had spent in excess of $28 million on curriculum. Familiarity with the test alone should have resulted in a bump in the scores. The Regents had turned up the heat on teachers and principals with an accountability system that made their job, in part, dependent on how their students did on the test. The odds were in Bambina’s favor.

However, all of the above could not compensate for tests that were inappropriate measures of the performance of all of New York’s children. Nor could the above compensate for flawed Common Core standards based on assumptions not based on research and sound educational practice.

It is time for Ms. Tisch and the Board of Regents to alter the course, re-examine the Common Core standards and its tests, and courageously stand for the children of New York. The original embrace of the Race to the Top reforms was understandable and forgivable. The continuation of the reforms — despite the mounting evidence of failure — is not. This is not a game of baseball.
What new Common Core test scores really show - The Washington Post

Like NCLB, what stands out for me:

The lack of success of the state’s most vulnerable children on tests that are inappropriate measures of learning is breathtaking. The ELA proficiency rate for students with disabilities who are economically disadvantaged is only 4 percent. Seventy-six percent of such students remain in the lowest of the 4 score bands, 1. This is not a small group of students; they comprise 123,233 of New York’s public school children in Grades 3-8. The news was equally bad for the nearly 78,000 English Language learners whose ELA proficiency rate remained stuck at 3 percent.

Ms. Tisch had every reason to expect that scores would rise. The state had spent in excess of $28 million on curriculum. Familiarity with the test alone should have resulted in a bump in the scores. The Regents had turned up the heat on teachers and principals with an accountability system that made their job, in part, dependent on how their students did on the test. The odds were in Bambina’s favor.

The lack of success of the state’s most vulnerable children on tests that are inappropriate measures of learning is breathtaking. The ELA proficiency rate for students with disabilities who are economically disadvantaged is only 4 percent. Seventy-six percent of such students remain in the lowest of the 4 score bands, 1. This is not a small group of students; they comprise 123,233 of New York’s public school children in Grades 3-8. The news was equally bad for the nearly 78,000 English Language learners whose ELA proficiency rate remained stuck at 3 percent...[/quote]

With the special needs children, many of them are not academically educable, the fact that the test administrators, indebted to the national administrators, refuse to acknowledge. They can't do 'better.' A kid with dyslexia can be helped to a degree, a child on oxygen and dialysis, not so much. Yes, that happens in schools, even affluent schools. Yes, they need to be tested, problem is they are generally sleeping and their nurse, rightfully, will not let the teacher 'wake them up.' Even when awake, for some reason they just aren't engaged in questions they've never been taught. Who'd have thought.

The second language learners are going to differ school by school, county by county. It's all about how they approach these kids. Lots depends on the community, whether immersion or using second language as a fall back. Seems in general the wealthier the community, the more immersion is pushed. Not because they are discriminating, but moreso because they are used to 'results.' Sort of the same the community schools did 80 years ago.​

 

[hortysir]

Common Core is not communistic; any who suggest that need to be investigated for mental illness.

The core standards are developed by each state, not the national government.

The error is the mandated testing days.

Turn the standards over to the school districts and let the teachers develop the coursework.

The outcome will be far better than what it is now.

The following is a lie. The standards are developed by each state. We are eliminating you fuck ups from the GOP for good reason. You are no good. No the standards are NOT developed by each state.

You don't even know where you stand on this do you?!

 

[hortysir]

Common Core is not communistic; any who suggest that need to be investigated for mental illness.

The core standards are developed by each state, not the national government.

The error is the mandated testing days.

Turn the standards over to the school districts and let the teachers develop the coursework.

The outcome will be far better than what it is now.

No the standards are NOT developed by each state. They were sent down from above--(The Federal Government) based on what a couple of administrators developed.
It 8217 s Official The Feds Control Common Core AFP

The kids are being used as an experiment, and one that is failing quickly.

I agree--the states, especially the school districts should be in charge of their own curriculum. Untie teachers hands and let them know what THEY do best, which is TEACH.

Watch the above videos for clarification on what common core is and where it came from.

Read the common core bill. You obviously haven't. the states that have adopted it are leading the country in math and english. The ones like texas are way behind. The texas Gov looked like a fool on the kelly file the other day being against it. .

Explain Florida

 

[ogibillm]

If you think your state is developing the Common Core standards and material aids (or any state for that matter) ... Look at the copyright and manufacturing data on the title page.
It isn't your state ... Common Core is an attempt to federalize curriculum ... And an attempt to take education and the school beyond what parents can hold accountable.

.

and this is different than Texas and California setting textbook standards for the rest of the country because they are the largest consumers of textbooks how?

It is different in how it is mandated through federal oversight and what curriculum is required.
The school boards have a choice when selecting text books or any classroom materials without Common Core salesmanship and federal mandates.

.

There is no federal mandate. Try again.

 

[Judicial review]

Common Core is not communistic; any who suggest that need to be investigated for mental illness.

The core standards are developed by each state, not the national government.

The error is the mandated testing days.

Turn the standards over to the school districts and let the teachers develop the coursework.

The outcome will be far better than what it is now.

No the standards are NOT developed by each state. They were sent down from above--(The Federal Government) based on what a couple of administrators developed.
It 8217 s Official The Feds Control Common Core AFP

The kids are being used as an experiment, and one that is failing quickly.

I agree--the states, especially the school districts should be in charge of their own curriculum. Untie teachers hands and let them know what THEY do best, which is TEACH.

Watch the above videos for clarification on what common core is and where it came from.

Read the common core bill. You obviously haven't. the states that have adopted it are leading the country in math and english. The ones like texas are way behind. The texas Gov looked like a fool on the kelly file the other day being against it. .

Explain Florida

Explain the majority of states that have adopted Common core and are leading the country with it? More relevant question, don't you think? Sorry dude. You are backed into a corner on this.

 

[hortysir]

Common Core is not communistic; any who suggest that need to be investigated for mental illness.

The core standards are developed by each state, not the national government.

The error is the mandated testing days.

Turn the standards over to the school districts and let the teachers develop the coursework.

The outcome will be far better than what it is now.

No the standards are NOT developed by each state. They were sent down from above--(The Federal Government) based on what a couple of administrators developed.
It 8217 s Official The Feds Control Common Core AFP

The kids are being used as an experiment, and one that is failing quickly.

I agree--the states, especially the school districts should be in charge of their own curriculum. Untie teachers hands and let them know what THEY do best, which is TEACH.

Watch the above videos for clarification on what common core is and where it came from.

Read the common core bill. You obviously haven't. the states that have adopted it are leading the country in math and english. The ones like texas are way behind. The texas Gov looked like a fool on the kelly file the other day being against it. .

Explain Florida

Explain the majority of states that have adopted Common core and are leading the country with it? More relevant question, don't you think? Sorry dude. You are backed into a corner on this.

Florida high school grades fall fewer A and B schools