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I am actually happy to hear about the English side. The math side isn’t an improvement, unfortunately.

Some of the stuff I’ve seen is baffling, and so convoluted, that it appears the authors were going out of their way to be obtuse.

What I fear is the federalization of education, and it appears Common Core is a first step. Education was the province of states, with Uncle Sugar stepping in to provide funding for lunches and other enhanced curricular items.

The 10th Amendment is such a blurry line now that initiatives like this are met with wariness, to be generous, and outright hostility to be more realistic.

All of this to point out the obvious - the FedGov lies so often and about so many things that almost any initiative they undertake - for good or for ill - is going to be lost in the distrust.

I came from CA, grew up there, and I wouldn’t raise a kid there any more. Same with NY, MA, and other blue states. Fact is it is hard to find a piece of coastline that’s still conservative. It feels like a gangrenous rot to the middle of the country, like you could lop off the east and west coast and you may be able to save the patient.

I applaud that you are an educator, and I encourage you to continue in that all-important pursuit. I appreciate your assessment of the English CC stuff. Anything else you can contribute would be great.