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Reply to ""Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests"
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[quote=Anonymous]^ The excerpt makes little sense on many levels as Common Core didn't make standards "more challenging" - Common Core was for the most part based on EXISTING standards. And in some districts, it's actually EASIER than the existing standards were. And again, as for the "high stakes" - that's a function of how individual districts choose to respond to the results. Yes, some just blindly fire teachers, and that's stupid. But others restructure the way in which they teach and remediate and see good results. Again, NCLB doesn't mandate firing of teachers. And then, amid all of that confused babble, the excerpt switches to blame "privatization"... *facepalm* Sure, I get that the authors see privatization as a threat. But, in order for it to be a threat, that would mean that privatization would be offering results that public schools can't. [/quote]
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