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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]So, you are saying that you think a lot of kids with LDs *can* achieve the CC standards, but that they just need a lot more help. Well, that is contrary to what OP and others have been saying about their LD kids, and supports the opposing view that there is nothing wrong with CC standards. Your problem, and perhaps those of others, is just that the LD child needs a lot more help than schools are willing to give. Totally different issue to "Common Core's epic fail: Special Education". 
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As a teacher, I can say that all LD kids are not the same.  Some need a lot more help than others, and some cannot handle the same curriculum as others.[/quote]

Which is why I stated on a previous post that maybe a more watered down curriculum  is needed for such LD kids. [/quote]

Who determines which LD child gets the watered down curriculum?  This has been the problem in the past, the schools have an incentive to put as many as they can in the water down curriculum- short changing those student who would rise to the higher bar. [/quote]

At this point it has become clear that the greatest opposition to Common Core standards comes from parents of learning disabled children.   I'd say let ANY parent opt their child out of meeting the standards, as long as that child qualifies as learning disabled.   That would allow the rest of our kids to be taught under common core standards and prepared for college, and parents of children with LDs who WANT their children helped to these standards can also have that happen.   But parents who feel it is inappropriate can design their own standards for their kids, or use whatever standards the state used in past years if they feel that was better.[/quote]

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