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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My SIL in a southern state has been ranting about common core for a while now- it's all Obama's fault, of course (despite our attempts to correct her on the program's origin), and kids aren't learning things in "the proper order." She's not a teacher, no how she proclaims to know this, I have no idea.  But I've eventually come to the conclusion that she thinks it's too hard.  Which is funny, because then you hear complaints here that its not rigorous enough.  Just goes to show you how perspectives can differ across the country.[/quote]

It has nothing to do with southern or northern. When you SIL says "it's all Obama's fault", that's because Obama has spoken of education in terms of Common Core curriculum, and has given financial incentives to states to adopt it. His administration is also in bed with the corporations developing the materials to support the standards.

If you think this was just a states effort, you have not been doing enough research on the issue. I suggest you do. [/quote]

Eh, I'm well aware of all that, never said I wasn't.  You're kidding yourself if you don't think geopolitics are involved to a certain degree.  If so someone is already anti-Obama (again, if you don't think this is more prevalent in the South, well, you haven't spent much time there!) it's easier to place the blame there rather than admit that the local/state governments also played a role in the origin and implementation.[/quote]

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