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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:

Another great post by an actual teacher in the trenches. Thank you.

Common Core's demands that everyone be taught at grade level whether they are actually there are not are going to be a disaster for 70 percent of kids in this country. They will get behind in Kindergarten and never be allowed to catch up.

As the actual teacher in the trenches clearly explains, the Common Core standards do not demand this. The teacher's school administrators demand it.[/quote]

The NCLB mandated testing causes the administrators to demand this.  In VA, where CC standards have not been adopted, this is a problem (it's the NCLB problem!). Dig deeper on this.  If CC standards are tested and accountability at the federal level (through testing) continues to be a mandate through NCLB or similar law, this will all continue the same way.  Local administrators all over the country did not come up with these demands just for fun.  The pressures are real and they come from above and are sent down to the classroom.  The classrooms have to be allowed to function locally.  The pressure from the feds is too much. [/quote]

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