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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach music, so am not as impacted by Common Core.  That being said, my sister is a professor at a large university, and focuses on Education Policy in her research.  She, and most of her colleagues have told me I should be grateful Virginia chose not to adopt Common Core. (I cannot recall their specific reasons...)[/quote]

Thank you for that insightful response.[/quote] My apologies I did not meet your posting standards. I wad simply pointing out that educational researchers at a major university find Common Core to be  flawed, and that if they were advisng, they would recommend that states decline. Next time I'll be sure to have links to articles and direct quotes.[/quote]

Other researchers think it's excellent.

What's wrong with having national standards of what kids should know when?

[b]You understand that CC isn't a curriculum, right? That it doesn't tell schools how to teach?[/b][/quote]

Common Core IS a curriculum.  A curriculum defines what is taught - it doesn’t tell teachers HOW to teach it.  [/quote]

No. I'm not sure you understand the meaning of the word "curriculum." A curriculum is a program of study -- i.e. the HOW you're going to learn something. Common Core merely sets agreed-upon standards of what should be learned. A curriculum, by definition, does prescribe how to teach something. What to read, the pedagogy, what courses have to be taken, the content of the courses, etc. etc.

Maybe you should start with a little education yourself before you involve yourself in this conversation. You're out of your league.[/quote]

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