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I'm the OP, but not the person who was concerned about a tangent.[b] I do feel that Common Core was written for a non-majority of kids: highly verbal, outgoing college-bound kids who are A and B students naturally. [/b]Those are the ones doing well with it, by and large. For others, like my child and yours, it functions as a straitjacket and/or anchor, weighting them down with its language heavy requirements.

Common Core is actually a form of educational discrimination in my book. And I think history will show that to be true. We will see test scores rise marginally, and then, we'll see children languish instead of being given opportunities. [/quote]
CC standards are supposed to be rigorous.  If you are saying that the standards are too hard, then basically, you are saying that we should not have challenging standards, and we should dumb it down. This is counter to what many are saying, that we need challenging standards to produce an educated work force.  Our kids will be competing globally with kids around the world for jobs and even college placement in the future.  They need to be challenged.
Most of the high paying jobs now a days require strong communication skills, yes, even STEM jobs.

If a child is not "A/B" material, as you stated, and the goal is not college, then it shouldn't matter whether that child gets A/Bs in school, thus, it shouldn't matter that the standards are too high.  Also, some kids blossom a lot later in life.  So, though some kids may find the standards a bit difficult to being with, you may find that some of such kids rise to the occasion a lot later.

In either case, I don't think lowering standards is the solution.[/quote]

They are biased and written for a certain set of children.  The others are languishing and turning off school because the lessons are geared for a way they don't learn, even in the early grades.

Unlike when I was in school, we're forcing the entire school population to be on the college track. That won't work. The problem is, CC will keep many from even having the grades to graduate from high school.

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Huh?  When I went to MCPS, the majority of the kids were college track.  Those of us who struggled more, went to state, community or private schools that were more willing to give kids like us a chance.  (I ended up doing very well in college).  I didn't even know not going to college was an option till I got to college and heard others talking about it.

[b]Parents need to provide more support outside of school and not just rely on the school and their services to completely meet our kids needs.[/b][/quote]

How clueless can you be? My son has been receiving therapy since he was 2 years old.

Common Core is rigged against him and those like him. [/quote]

My kid has been in private speech therapy since two as well.  From 2-5, he went 4-5 days a week.  Now 2-3 days a week private. Not clueless.  If anything, trying hard to cater to my child's needs and recognizing his strengths and weaknesses.  He would not thrive if we did not supplement outside of school.  Its not just about being in therapy, especially if therapy and the school do not work together.  We work ahead in his spelling (purchased the book) as well as his reader the school uses so he's prepared when the topics come up at school.  [/quote]

It's nice it's working for your child -- so far. But it's too bad that even with your son's special needs, you can't acknowledge the needs of other children, because hey, it's working -- so far -- for your kid.[/quote]

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