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When materials for CC are developed by the same people writing the standards AND the same people creating the tests, including the SATs and ACT, you can easily see the potential for corruption of the highest level.  This is why I say, you THINK as a teacher you will have control over how you teach the standards, but you will not.

[b]The fact your only sources for anything you post is the standards themselves, is like referencing whitehouse.gov or anything Jay Carney says when you get your news[/b]. It's short-sighted and frankly, not terribly deep. You don't seem to want to look any deeper at all, which is rather robotic. More power to you - glad my children aren't involved with you in the schools in any way.[/quote]

All right, we clearly have a problem that is not capable of being solved in this online discussion.

[b]My perspective[/b]:   When you are having a discussion about Common Core State Standards and how they have been developed, you look to the source documents (the Common Core State Standards, the Memorandum of Agreement, etc.) to back up your claims.

[b]Your perspective[/b]:   When you are having said discussion, you "dig deeper" by quoting news articles and blogs that other people have written, misinterpreting said source documents.   And you refuse to back up any of your claims, except with "proof by vehement assertion" or "proof by vague ominous pronouncements)  (just you wait!   follow the money)

I honestly am at a loss as how to have an argument with someone who makes a claim about what the standards say, then refuses to accept as a valid source, the standards themselves.

If my way or argument (backing up with links to authentic sources) is troublesome to you, I can well believe that you would not want your children in my class, or indeed, in any class where critical thinking is taught.

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