I teach in Ohio and we also adopted CC. It’s crap. The 9-10 grade and 11-12 grade language arts standards contain almost no specific language. For example, one standard requires students to take part in sustained reading. Define sustained. Is it 10 minutes, one hour, half of a school day? Another favorite standard requires students to take part in sustained research, so along with sustained what is research? Surfing the Yahoo! newsfeed? Consulting primary sources? Accessing peer reviewed papers? It’s just a mess because bad teachers, and there are many, will be able to take advantage of this. Then there is the fact that the 9-10 grade standards are identical, and the 11-12 grade standards are identical. To top it off, both sets of standars’ bands are almost identical to each other!
Those of our kids who are not able to enroll in private schools or AP classes will be unable to get into any college.
Out grandchildren in Maryland are thankfully in the STEM program which is exempt from the train wreck that is Common Core.
I believe that Texas is dropping it, and I am shocked that Ohio is just starting it. What a mistake. Our children will suffer all their lives from this.