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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]No, not every kid will meet the benchmarks and especially so if the school's pre-existing curriculum has been so lax that the kid won't have any pre-requisites. But, you know what? You FIX that. You fix the curriculum to make sure the pre-requisites are in place, and you give the kids that are "too far behind" the remediation they need to succeed.

Instead you seem to want to just bitch and whine about change and just let the kids who are behind slide and the only thing you're upset about is that someone's rocking that boat. You certainly aren't doing kids any favors.[/quote]

You're awfully good at telling people to do something, but not very good at telling them exactly what or actually helping.  Of course, we know that your job is just to point out other people's failures.  You seem to know a lot about why people fail---it's because they are just lazy and don't want to work, right?  But you, you're working like a dog to help out.  Great job.  [/quote]

Here's something exact and helpful:  You could start by actually thoroughly reading the standards and seeing how they fit together and how one standard in grade x is the foundation for the next in grade y and how that one is the foundation for the next in grade z rather than just looking at it piecemeal and then saying "I don't understand it" and "it's developmentally inappropriate" because if you actually look at the standards as a whole, they make a whole lot more sense and the how and why actually starts to make a lot more sense then.  I've also suggested that teachers can collaborate on curriculum and materials and discussion around the standards to make sure they do understand, and are prepared, there's a whole great big Internet full of free and cheap tools like wikis available for doing exactly that, and in fact, that's exactly what some teachers are already doing, as opposed to the bunker mentality that's being exhibited around here.  [/quote]

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