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That's not a standards problem, that's a problem with how schools and teachers have chosen to implement the standard. The standard did not tell them or force them to teach content without prerequisite skills. [/quote]

This has been repeated constantly on CC threads.  The standards do not exist in a vacuum.
 
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Again, the standards DO NOT dictate or specify the implementation flaws that were noted above, like skipping prerequisites.  If prerequisites are being skipped, it's because schools are skipping them, not because of the standard.  If you want to suggest anything to the contrary, you'll have to provide a specific citation from the actual standard to support it.  http://www.corestandards.org/[/quote]

The standards don't say anything about the problem of kids walking into a class and not having had the prerequisites because the standards were totally different the year before and money desperate schools grabbed the race to the top cash first and thought they'd firgure out the details later. The standards are cold and bloodless and totally impractical, especial for kids in middle and high school who have this big load of shit dumped on them.

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What would warm bloody standards look like?

I feel like one of the arguments against Common Core is that change is bad, and therefore the standards should stay the same forever.  Does that mean they can never be improved? What if they suck?  What if research shows that kids who are taught using them aren't ready for college or career.  Is that OK?

Yes, there are some school districts who waited until the last minute to make changes.  There are other districts who started the planning process as soon as the standards were published 4.5 years ago.  Plenty of districts rolled out the standards in a thoughtful way, with transitions happening for kids over time, or at certain grade levels.  MCPS, for example, is still in the process of rolling them out in math, having started with a couple key years, and then adding a grade a year until the whole K - 12 was covered.  [/quote]

+100

The folks who are struggling with the standards only have themselves to blame.[/quote]

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