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[quote=Anonymous]http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/abetteriowa/2014/11/26/common-core-early-childhood-education-testing/70113320/

And here an elementary teacher tells why Common Core is a failure:

Here's a quick quiz for you. The Common Core standards are being used to direct the curriculum of nearly every state and the education of nearly every child in the country. [b]How many early childhood teachers were involved in the development of these standards?
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[b]If you said zero, you win the prize. [/b]Unbelievable, isn't it? We are teaching our littlest children using parameters put in place by people with no knowledge of how our little ones learn. If you look at what is happening in K-2 classrooms then it is obvious.

The Common Core was written, not by educators, but mainly by people — like those who crate testing materials — with a financial interest in seeing these standards adopted. They were written and pushed as creating children who would be ready for "college, career, and life."

They were written from the top down, meaning they looked at what kids should be able to do when they leave school, then trickled down to the kindergarten level, not considering the fact that young children have very different learning needs than older children.

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