Posted on 08/26/2013 4:09:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The Common Core State Standards have been adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia with the goal of better preparing the nation’s students for college or a job. Despite their widespread adoption, many parents don’t know what the standards are or whether their state has adopted them, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll.
The new standards establish benchmarks for reading and math, replacing education goals that varied widely from state to state. Although the federal government was not involved in creating them, it has encouraged the state-led project. Supporters say the standards will better prepare students, while critics say they amount to a national curriculum for schools, preempting the states. …
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I know the states get federal money to implement CC. I am curious whether the school districts, schools, archdioceses, or individual schools get money for this? I bet they do. That’s Obama’s way - use taxpayers’ money to buy love and support. So disgusting.
They just implemented common core in my state (Alabama). I spoke to an administrator and at the end of the day I pulled my daughter out of the public education system and moved her to private school.
Common core is educating to the least common denominator education. They have multiple plans to deal with students with difficulties, but they have nothing to deal with overachieving students. That was the final nail in the coffin for us.
Actually they acknowledged that in the only two states that have implemented the Common Core standards (Kentucky and New York) test scores have plummeted. I was surprised that they admitted that.
Now, more than ever: Government indoctrination centers are no place for young minds.
Home school or private school.
Don’t let your kids go someplace where they will be turned into minds full of mush.
I don’t support it because it is a gross infringements on the individual state’s duty to educate, and it will inevitably lead to federal intrusion.
That said, it isn’t lowest common denominator education, it is fairly rigorous, and I’d be surprised if it wasn’t more rigorous than what was in place in Alabama. It may not have plans for over achievers, but nor does it preclude them.
the standards will better prepare students,...for...you fill in the blanks.
We did the same thing. My wife went to the parent’s night for my son’s first grade class. The teacher was completely spacey and was teaching nothing. When she asked to see textbooks, they were horrible and with Common Core stamped on them.
We had a meeting with the Principal and VP the next day. After the Principal admitted that public school is no place for gifted children, that was his last day at the school. And this is a blue ribbon, 4 star school.
Now our boy is spelling and reading chapter books every day, learning higher level math, playing football on Saturday and learning Chinese on Sunday.
Although the federal government was not involved in creating them...
Yeah, right, I'm gonna' believe that one!!
Michael Berry, local Conservative radio talk show host in Houston, was talking about the low scores in New York and how everyone seemed surprised. Texas, purportedly, opted out of Common Core but I wouldn’t put it past some of the larger school districts to still try to ease it in through the back door.
Dear Free Republic: Why did you link to this article without doing your own due diligence on Common Core??? Something Wrong with your head???
Do you due diligence and write your congresspersons. Get active in an anti-common core organization for the following reasons
The AP article is benign, but it is hiding the real motives behind Common Core:
Except when describing lesson plans, they are extremely detailed so a monkey could teach it. it takes the depth of experience out of teaching.
The Common Core lesson content is the most egregious.
1. English in Texas included Allah is great and disparages other religions.
2. Part of one lesson explanation states that they want to teach the children to nag their parents with inflammatory, emotional arguments rather than civil discussion.
3. Established education experts rejected Common Core. European countries rejected Common Core and would not endorse it when requested presumably by the founding Gates Foundation, a major contributor to funding the curriculum.
Bribery was used to get Common Core accepted by the schools:
The DOE tied Adopting Common Core to school funding measures, forcing schools to adopt even before the curriculum details were released.
The national governor’s association embraced Common Core before the curriculum was completed. They bought something they had no knowledge of.
Common Core Purpose is Socialist/Marxist:
The stated purpose of Common Core is to prepare our children to be “workers”. This is socialist, pure and simple.
No Parental Consent (you do not have the right to inquire about the content of Common Core being taught to your children:
Parental consent statutes have been gutted so now parental consent is not required for them to do anything to your child at school - all without your knowledge.
Extensive personal and family data mining:
School districts now can or will collect up to 400 elements of database information tracking every aspect of child and their family lives from K thru 12 and then make the information available to third parties. NO privacy. This means the child’s misbehavior if any will haunt him for all his life.
Philosophical background:
Pres. McKinley is on record as saying there has to be 2 systems of education in America. One for workers (Common Core), the other for elites to govern the workers.
We homeschool. I looked at the CC standards. We have no fear of an SAT shaped around CC. We’ll crush it. It’s just one more leg up for my kids over public school kids. Plus, they know how to shoot, fight and pray.
I feel sorry for kids being taught in public schools but it’s like watching a train wreck, nothing you can do to stop it.
The only purpose of linking was to show how the MSM is propagandizing. So noted in the first post.
Proficiency levels also plummeted in New York, the next state to fully implement the standards, but education leaders cautioned that the results were more a reflection of higher standards than declining student achievement. …
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