As critics fear Washington is poised to take control of what and how local districts teach kids, school administrators are adopting new curriculum in an effort to ensure their students outperform their peers and parents worry that their children are being used as academic guinea pigs. As the program gets closer to full implementation, a full-blown backlash is developing despite assurances from supporters that it is merely a test aimed at establishing a national standard.
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One size does not fit all. But our powers to be think so. This will be gone in a few years too.
We had to get away from No Child Left Behind since our minorities were not doing at all well on the testing. The county keeps searching for a test that will indicate high ability and achievement. Millions of dollars later, it hasn't happened yet.
Common Core has to go...
Our kids were smarter in the 80's... No Internet, little media, no ability to be anonymous.
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