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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So here is a worksheet from the Common Core workbook for first graders. I showed this to my husband, who can code in fractal mathematics, so he's no slouch. It took him about 10 minutes to figure out what the worksheet was asking and why.  I asked my 12 year old son to look at it. He could not figure out what was being asked of him.

https://twitter.com/NYCdeb8tr/status/450416183372955648/photo/1[/quote]
 Dummy have you not  been reading about the fact that New York has added stuff that is not common core?
Since when do we read stuff on Twitter and take that as gospel???
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Now tell me how you get the answer and whether or not this is appropriate for a six year old, which is the real question at hand.[/quote]

That was crazy- what the hell?!  Obama should be forced to complete all of these worksheets/tests before it gets passed on to the general population!  See how smart he really is.  Or maybe he'll actually get how stupid this Common Core is.[/quote]

The Feds are always involved. No child left behind was such a wonderful idea, right?  
But the individual states are not being forced to commit to theses standards. And curriculum and it's implementation is very much local.

Ok, all other things notwithstanding, what the FUCK does Barack Obama have to do with this? Are you insane?[/quote]

Are you naive? The Feds are involved.[/quote][/quote][/quote]

You're right, the Feds ARE always behind. And no, No Child Left Behind was NOT a wonderful idea. The individual states and being forced through the dangling of Federal money that belonged to the states in the first place. It's like your boss taking a third of your paycheck away and then saying "you can have it back if you simply follow my recommendations in your personal life'. If the Feds didn't take so much from the states to begin with, the states would have more leverage. And no, the curriculum and implementation is not very much local - look at how PAARC and the SBAC  is funded - 346 million in Federal grants. Follow the money and your answers are there. Bits and bytes my friend, bits and bytes.

http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2013/aug/25/common-core-brand-name-who-making-money-new-standa/[/quote]

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