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We wil never be able to make public education sing Agony Apr 2014 #1
This is true. Education is an ECONOMIC issue (not just profitmaking for corprats) n/t Triana Apr 2014 #5
Well, we all know that is never going to happen. nt femmocrat Apr 2014 #40
And rid ourselves of that pond scum called Republicans nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #58
All too frequently, chervilant Apr 2014 #2
The Answer Is No ProfessorGAC Apr 2014 #7
And... chervilant Apr 2014 #73
He should have asked to correct any quotes. Igel Apr 2014 #20
Too few 'professionals' are eloquent speakers. n/t chervilant Apr 2014 #72
Business Profiteers making Educational and Education Psychological and Sociological Decisions DhhD Apr 2014 #3
I know top notch professors/department heads that have taken early RKP5637 Apr 2014 #4
+1,000 malaise Apr 2014 #9
Thanks!!! I have it saved to watch later! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2014 #11
Common Core Standards are being attacked by the rightwing. Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #6
Was This The Environment When You Were In School? ProfessorGAC Apr 2014 #8
God, I had to switch from Old Math to New Math in 4th grade... malthaussen Apr 2014 #12
In Old Math and New Math, one used the memorized multiplication tables. Core is DhhD Apr 2014 #23
Same here! snot Apr 2014 #24
Standardized testing "by the state" Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #13
SAT was optional, and not used to evaluate teachers. malthaussen Apr 2014 #26
SAT was just one example. Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #36
We use the ACT in Michigan. knitter4democracy Apr 2014 #54
Glad I didn't live in your state. malthaussen Apr 2014 #38
No. First Standardized Test i Ever Took Was SAT ProfessorGAC Apr 2014 #61
EASA 1965 required standardized testing Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #62
I Went To A Private School ProfessorGAC Apr 2014 #74
Oh well of course you forgot to mention that in your dishonest rebuttal. Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #75
the difference is questionseverything Apr 2014 #77
First it was testing was a horror. Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #80
are you saying funding and testing are not related? questionseverything Apr 2014 #81
You think this is about minimal standards? Seriously? ipaint Apr 2014 #15
I seriously doubt WarrenStupidity has kids in school being subjected to this madness. FourScore Apr 2014 #18
Common Core has worked unbelievably well for my little girl. Codeine Apr 2014 #27
If you changed schools the year CC was implemented, FourScore Apr 2014 #50
The most advanced school in our area "uses" Common Core cannondale Apr 2014 #30
That just proves that it's about poverty, not standards. knitter4democracy Apr 2014 #33
That sounds like the right's argument about health care joeglow3 Apr 2014 #52
I usually teach in high-poverty schools. knitter4democracy Apr 2014 #53
Thank you for all your comments. senseandsensibility Apr 2014 #19
I live in one of the most liberal towns in America. FourScore Apr 2014 #17
Cambridge, where this happened, KamaAina Apr 2014 #79
Have you seen how Common Core teaches math? I dont care who attacks it, its stupid. nt 7962 Apr 2014 #22
Yes, the math concepts are great cannondale Apr 2014 #28
CCSS does not mandate teaching strategies or materials, no. knitter4democracy Apr 2014 #35
"lazy administration". I think you may have something there!! 7962 Apr 2014 #43
Why don't you provide the examples of the great ones. FourScore Apr 2014 #48
I'll take that as "I didn't bother to look" cannondale Apr 2014 #65
don't be condescending. I have kids in schools that been subjected this year to CC. FourScore Apr 2014 #69
CCS doesnt teach anything. Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #37
IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS THREAD, PLEASE READ THIS FourScore Apr 2014 #47
The story is a classic SF piece, but 7th grade?? WTF?? eridani Apr 2014 #59
Thank yuo. That's EXACTLY how I feel. n/t FourScore Apr 2014 #68
You start off with a non-reason. Igel Apr 2014 #25
CCSS are being disparaged by teachers, administrators, the right, and the left. knitter4democracy Apr 2014 #32
EXACTLY!!!! FourScore Apr 2014 #45
Thank you, knitter4democracy. senseandsensibility Apr 2014 #55
This is why I refuse to work for any national campaign. knitter4democracy Apr 2014 #70
So we have to support it because the right wing doesn't? That's bull. liberal_at_heart Apr 2014 #49
I seriously doubt "joy" will be an understood concept in the ballyhoo Apr 2014 #10
We need to ensure that a high school diploma is in fact a preparation hedgehog Apr 2014 #14
It would probably be more helpful to teach citizenship without making a living eridani Apr 2014 #60
Assessments in KINDERGARTEN? BuelahWitch Apr 2014 #16
Exactly! ctsnowman Apr 2014 #63
Too much testing is bad, agreed. But Common Core? cannondale Apr 2014 #21
Did you make 14 million on your high school calculus standards? ipaint Apr 2014 #29
Implementation -- so we agree cannondale Apr 2014 #31
no. ipaint Apr 2014 #41
Not only that, there are now millions of dollars that were promised to schools in NY, FourScore Apr 2014 #46
Are you involved in teaching or even helping kids with their homework? truedelphi Apr 2014 #44
Yes, still tutor kids cannondale Apr 2014 #64
Here is one dad's (my) response to a ridiculous item in his kid's textbook: cannondale Apr 2014 #67
How times have changed SummerSnow Apr 2014 #34
This is the part that drove me out of teaching: femmocrat Apr 2014 #39
I'm Glad I Was In School Before All This colsohlibgal Apr 2014 #42
I been saying it for years now. The RW will elminate Kindergarten becuase that's where kids learn Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 2014 #51
COMMON CORE IS NOT A CURRICULUM. IT IS A SET OF STANDARDS FOR READING AND MATH. kwassa Apr 2014 #56
Thank you cannondale Apr 2014 #66
The Bush/Duncan profit based school model Doctor_J Apr 2014 #57
I am sorry, but I have no issue with common core nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #71
I agree... Jeff In Milwaukee Apr 2014 #76
yes the problem is the testing is tied to funding questionseverything Apr 2014 #78
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