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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I think Common Core is going down the tubes and our pro CC poster knows it. Does she really not get the connection between the money and the support for CC?[/quote]

I'm willing to believe that people had some good intentions about trying to improve education.  If a set of new standards is the best they can do, well that's a bit sad (because there are so many other impacts on students that are way more important to success).  Anyway, maybe I could have believed the good intentions (maybe), but now I think they have paved the path to hell.  They saw how much money could be made and how they could entice people to join this bandwagon.  It got out of hand.  They are trying to change everything at once including the GED, SAT, and ACT tests---on the faith that this is a positive thing to do---to line everything up with a set of standards that were not thoroughly vetted or debated.  Now we are in the midst of that debate.  It needs to happen or fingers will be pointed . . . this is turning out to be an issue for the next round of elections.  And it's not the most important thing this nation needs to be debating . . . not even close.  [/quote]

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