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And, yes, we have a problem getting good teachers.  But, the problem will become worse as you fire people and try to get people who know they will have less control over their actual classroom (and live with the threat of being thrown out by the "tests").  And the pay is so high anyway.   :wink:

But, of course, you could believe that all the kids will be on computers learning anyway so who cares what the teacher is like.  Just get a warm body. The "learning" can be controlled by materials and tests that are designed by people at Education Central, Inc.

The teachers who are against this are the smart, brave ones.  The ones who like CC are more likely to be younger and afraid of speaking out against it.  [/quote]

If you want to attract more good people into teaching -- which I agree with completely -- then I think that you should work on that. Not on fighting the Common Core standards. Especially because the Common Core standards do not call for firing teachers based on the test results of their students. That idea (which is a bad idea) existed before the Common Core standards, and it's up to the state and local administrators to implement or not.

As for teachers, actually my child's teachers in first, second, and third grade (so far), who have all been good, experienced teachers, think that the Common Core standards are pretty good. Their doubts come from the fact that they have seen plenty of educational reforms come and go, which is enough to make any reasonable person cynical about any educational reforms.[/quote]

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