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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.gesellinstitute.org/about-us/gesell-theory/

Here is the short version.

Bottom line: CC standards for K expect that all children are ready to comply with them.  Many are not even close to being ready for those standards.  Some of the standards may be okay and others not.  Some children may be able to comply with ALL of them, and most will not.

If you have ever taught Kindergarten or first grade, you believe this because you have seen it in action.  It is not just a theory when you have observed it.

However, if you see education as a matter of accretion rather than development, then the Common Core standards are great for you.  Unfortunately, you are wrong.[/quote]

Great post. The pro CC poster seems to think that because some of the children can easily meet the standards, all of them should be able to do so. That didn't work yesterday, won't work today, and will be an epic failure tomorrow.

These standards are too narrowly drawn, move too fast, and so many children will struggle with them that they will NOT be the minimum, they will be the absolute ceiling as everyone struggles to try to get as many kids as possible to meet them so that the teachers aren't fired.

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