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]I am opposed to the way public schools are run. They have gotten so bureaucratic, that efficiency has gone out the window and the kids are the ones that are suffering.  I am wholly amused at the constant fallback by you re: standards. You keep talking about the standards and then shrug and say that they are being implemented wrong, as if the two are not related or worse, that it doesn't matter much. 
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[b]Saying 'well the standards are good' means nothing[/b], when teachers are sending home worksheets with errors, problems that don't make sense, and worse, re-writing history under the guise of meeting an English standard (google search that last one - it's a doozy).[/quote]

If the standards are fine, but the teachers are sending home crappy worksheets riddled with errors (not happening in my kids' schools... but apparently it is a problem in your kids' schools?) then the solution is NOT to replace the standards, but to replace the workbooks.   That's why it is important to note whether the problem is with the standards, or with the workbooks chosen to help teachers teach the standards.

[quote]As for the Widow Clancy? Plenty of kids are home-schooled and do just fine. And by the way? I kind of resent having to still pay for the crappy public schools AND pay for my kid's private schools. But I'm sure I won't be getting that money back.[/quote]

Sadly, I know of many who are not doing just fine.   And yes, it has become clear that when people oppose Common Core, a large number of opponents really just oppose public funding of education, in general.  
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