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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your child is smart, you won't like CC because it artificially slows the pace of learning.  Note: it may also be they kids who need extra help are being pushed too fast.  Either way it is a monolithic one-size-fits-all approach ghat has been rushed and tested on the fly (with our kids as test subjects).  Terrible.[/quote]

Sounds backwards.  Common core is a [i]minimum[/i] standard.  It's not a "not to exceed" standard.[/quote]

Yet, in practice it has become a "not to exceed" standard.  For example, this year's 4th graders (under ciriculum 2.0) the MAXIMUM acceleration allowed in math is "compacted 4/5 math" yet under the PRE-2.0 curriculum, 4th graders could take 5th grade math, 6th grade math, or even in rare cases 7th grade math.  To suddenly say that the maximum level is 4/5 is artificially slowing kids down.  If those kids are capable and high-flyers in math, they should be allowed to accelerate.

Yes, 2.0 is a "not to exceed" standard.[/quote]

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