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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Again (and again and again), the devil is in the details. You cannot separate the standards, the workbooks, the curriculum. They are all part and parcel. [/quote]

Again and again (and again) you CAN separate the standards from the workbooks and the curriculum.

Because the standards are what are being adopted.   Not the workbooks.   There can be numerous workbooks.   Schools can choose ones which work for their students, or design their own.

Standards are the same for all; the curricula can be different.

Here's the deal:  if you don't like the curricula your school district has chosen; if you don't like the workbook your child's teacher is using... don't say "I hate common core".   Say "this workbook is no good.   It isn't helping students meet the objectives.  Find a better workbook, choose a better curriculum".

[quote][b]If CC is going to work, there would be more cohesion.[/b] This is more of "Well it's not working THIS way so the we, the federal calvary, are going to have to ride in and standardize all the curricula"  Wait for it.[/quote]

No, if there were more cohesion with Common Core, then you wouldn't see just the same standards everywhere, but you would see mandatory common curriculum.   We DON'T have a common Curriculum and that is why you are seeing some good ones, some crappy ones; good workbooks, crappy workbooks.

I think Singapore Math is a great math curriculum and would be overjoyed to have a Common National Math Curriculum as set by Singapore Math (the real one, not the fake one used here in the US in many places).  But that's never gonna happen... Imagine the whole country using the exact same textbook (and  a good one!)
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What power do I have to change the workbook or choose a better curriculum? None. The state and local governments chose them.   You're right, we don't have a common curriculum and that's by design. Because the goal is to create chaos so it can be fixed with a common standard nationwide curriculum. I'm sure that would be fine with you, because you don't see the downfall. [/quote]

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