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I only read one of the links (Washington Post) and it was so hilarious, I haven't yet read the others. Let me give an example:Liberals? I am just stating facts. I am a conservative Republican but I am an educator first and I know the details that you do not. I have an inside track to know what you do not.
Well, ACT like a conservative! Your OPINION is worth the SAME as my opinion! But you'll act like a liberal college grad!
How? I told you the truth. Your opinion, while worthwhile, is not based on the same level of knowledge I have in my area of expertise. I have a Master's degree in the subject for a reason. That reason is to be a better teacher and administrator.
You must be a true liberal if you prefer people to lie to you. I may not like any better than you do, but facts are facts, despite what most libs try to tell you.
Do not feel alone, because many people jump to conclusions because the see my statements on education, but that is one area where most conservative never tread, so they are in unfamiliar territory at all times.
Lie to me, people with higher degrees than you state what I stated about Common Core, so believe me, your OPINION is NOT supported by people that have more experience and more EDUCATION than you have! And that is MY OPINION!
Oh, really? Who are these people, as I notice you don't cite any references? There will always be detractors of every policy, but the system works.
Do you know what math standards I used when I first started teaching? They were from the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and were adopted by many states. Now I teach using the state's Common Core Standards. Guess which is more rigorous (that means "harder" for the liberals reading this!)? Common Core, by the NCTM's own admission. At the regional convention I attended, all that was all that was being discussed was how to teach to the Common Core Standards.
What standards does your state use? If they use Common Core what should they switch to?
Indiana played a nice game. They got rid of Common Core, but the new standards are almost identical to Common Core in many areas.
Indiana Finally OKs Standards to Replace Common-Core Adoption
I'm in NYS, and perhaps you should read some of these...
Stop Common Core in New York State
www.stopccssinnys.com/
Home page for Stop Common Core in New York State. ... what we are fighting against and to educate themselves on the challenges we face. ... Tests" PAGE; Read and watch the testimonies of New York parents and teachers · The NY State ...
Educators alarmed by some questions on N.Y. Common ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../educators-alarme...
The Washington Post
Apr 19, 2015 - Educators alarmed by some questions on N.Y. Common Core tests ... the results are used for high-stakes decisions against the advice of assessment experts. The post also mentioned some complaints from teachers about the ...
Common Core | Diane Ravitch's blog
dianeravitch.net/category/common-core/
Dec 22, 2015 - Posts about Common Core written by dianeravitch. ... that one of every five New York parents opted their child out of the Common Core exams. ... State Superintendent John White responded to protests against the CCSS by ... But when the math committee assembled, the Louisiana teachers of math found ...
Lack of NY Common Core test info concerns teachers, parents
www.timesunion.com/.../Lack-of-NY-Common-Core-test-in...
Times Union
Apr 24, 2015 - New York State United Teachers, the statewide teachers' union, has a federal lawsuit filed against the state Education Department which ...
New York teachers turn on Common Core - Stephanie ...
www.politico.com/.../new-york-common-core-teachers-schools-e...
Politico
The board of the New York state teachers union this weekend unanimously ... But, I still cant quite figure out why "conservatives" are against common core.
counterintuitive,
orthodoxy,
risk averse
are words too difficult for eight graders. Really? I mean really?
Wahhhhh! The words are too hard. They make me feel stupid.
And, even worse, the eighth-grade test required 13-year-olds to read articles on playground safety. Can you believe it? You would have to be brainiac to be able to do that. Right?
When I was going to school back in 195......ahem, teachers I had taught us to learn words from context so you didn't have to actually go look up every word. Believe me that totally works. I remember one word especially, unique. I knew what it meant, (one of the kind) from context from a Superman comic. I knew how to spell it, I used it in a written report at school, but because I never looked it up, I pronounced it "YOU NI Q". I was reading what I had written to the class. When I said "you ni q" the teacher stopped me and asked me to spell the word. I spelled it correctly. When we were leaving, she told me to come to her desk and then said the way to pronounce that word is "you neek". She did that so I wouldn't be embarrassed. But no one else even noticed. I just thought that was funny.
But, it is a shame that parents have become so afraid of their children learning. I could understand if children were being taught that if you mate a rat and a cat you would get a crat, but "hard" words????? Give me a fucking break.