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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Fact: Common Core standards are not going to improve anything.

[b]The standards are limiting for some kids and for others are unachievable. [/b]

That is common sense.

You seem to have some serious confusion around "facts" versus "personal opinions." Your opinions do not constitute "facts."[/quote]

The bolded sentence above is an unassailable fact.  I don't need data and research to back it up.  It is true by virtue of the definition of a standard.  It is a given.  Meanwhile you have used the statement that states have differing standards and that is a problem as a given.  That is not a truism without having research or data.  Where is it?[/quote]

No, sorry, the bolded sentence *is* assailable.  For one, the standards are a *minimum* standard, meaning schools and teachers are free to go above and beyond.  They don't impose a "limit" - and as for "unachievable" - I again have to disagree strongly, because the standards were compiled from multiple existing state standards that were already in place, with the primary intent of harmonizing existing standards, whereas you are putting forth a false premise that the bar is being raised to an unachievable level.  If you are saying Common Core is unachievable then you are basically saying the prior state standards were unachievable as well.[/quote]

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