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As for the parents - I don't think many of the parents of today realize or understand the problems and just assume everything was fine as is. [/quote]

Probably right.  However, there really isn't much to support that Common Core will be better.

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Actually I think that the K-6 math standards are much better than the math education I got in elementary school -- though of course it's possible to write a lousy curriculum no matter how good the standards are, if you try hard enough.

Also the elementary-school writing standards are much better than the previous Maryland standards.[/quote]

This. My son is in private school, and the Common Core standards for math in public much more closely resemble what he's expected to do.  I'm very impressed with what the standards require and how they help kids develop better numbers sense.  However, I read years ago that these types of changes require a lot of ongoing support and training for teachers, and I think it's the success, or lack thereof. in supporting teachers that leads to whether the kids truly learn it.  If teachers aren't sufficiently trained in the curriculum that meets CC, and if they aren't sufficiently supported when they have questions or face challenges, it's not going to work well, or at best unevenly. [/quote]

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