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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back to facts:
Teachers know what works and doesn't work for the kids.  Teachers know what is appropriate.
Common Core left teachers out of the development process.[/quote]

Back to the obsession with how the sausage was made.

Also, good teachers know what works and doesn't work for the kids and what is appropriate. Bad teachers don't. Unfortunately, there are teachers who are not good teachers.[/quote]

Qualitity teachers are born not created. M.Ed. Programs should be required because their are certain baseline pedagogy skills that must be learned, but the abilities to intellectually and socially connect with students can't be taught. Quality teachers are experts in their fields of study and they genuinely think well of people. Quality teachers also teach because they enjoy sharing their passion for the subject matter. Not all teachers have these qualities. [/quote]

Agree.  However, this is what MCPS is doing in the name of equity:  they are creating the curriculmn, all handouts, tests and semester exams.  The teacher is no longer teaching to the students, the teacher is like a proctor or TA administering the papers and answering questions.  Should be interesting to see how this works especially since MCPS population is not middle America, it is the two extremes.[/quote]

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