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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That NYT article does point out a repeated problem with new curricula, and that's adequate training of teachers.

It also leads me to believe we should be offering more autonomy to schools and teachers, not less.  I was under the impression that Common Core did just that.[/quote]

Why do schools keep messing with the curriculum, anyways?  Why keep pandering to textbook companies who want to sell new content when little has changed?  There are many tried and true things out there.  Geometry has been around for thousands of years.  Algebra has been around for hundreds of years.  There's really no reason why educators couldn't collaborate around a free and open source project for curriculum and teaching materials, and it's high time they did.  Core content could be pulled from any number of excellent public domain sources, and then collaboratively curated, maintained and expanded, wiki-style, by a self-vetting group of educators and subject matter experts.  New content, for science, history and other areas could be added and updated dynamically.  The technologies for doing this already exist.[/quote]

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