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At this point it has become clear that [b]the greatest opposition to Common Core standards comes from parents of learning disabled children.[/b]   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]

No, the greatest opposition to the Common Core standards comes from people whose political position is, "If Obama supports it, I'm against it."[/quote]

I'm the OP. I voted for Obama twice, but Common Core is a bipartisan disaster. [/quote]

And I never voted for Obama and agree with you. It is a huge bipartisan disaster - its embarrassing honestly.  [/quote]

What specific aspect of the Common Core standards do you consider a huge disaster?[/quote]

NP.  I think people are so damned confused.   Every article I have read about that complains about CC talks about the issues the parents have with the HW assignments.  It's the the curriculum and lesson plans that your schools are using that is probably the problem, not the standards themselves.

Here are some of the complaints I have heard about the actual CC standards, not the curriculum:
1. "it's too wordy", which is such a pathetic complaint.  It's not like the kids need to understand the standards. 
2. "it's too much to expect young kids to think critically"  - in other words, let's not expect too much thinking from our kids.  The CC standards for K-2 for critical thinking is designed for kids in that age group.  My 6 yr old DC can meet the standards designed for a 1st grader.  Some of it is hard for DC, so we are working on it.  But I think it's great that DC is learning to think critically earlier on than later.

I suggested watering down the CC standards for LD kids, but even that had no consensus.   I understand it's because every child and their needs are different.  But having no common standards for the majority of kids  in this country is what we had before, and it wasn't working.  There was too much disparity between states.  Having common standards levels the playing field for most kids.  Further, having standards that promote critical thinking skills at an earlier age will help our kids develop those skills throughout their school years, and they will be better prepared for a 21st job market.[/quote]

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