Anonymous
Post 09/27/2013 09:59     Subject: Common Core town hall gone awry.
Anonymous wrote:Well the administration does seem very keen to get minorities scoring better and into at least community college. Hope the curriculum can challenge people more than that!
Everyone else can have their parents supplement them or pay extra for tutors.


OH Give this a rest -- MOCO has a plot to dumb down the curriculum so that poor, dumb kids of color can rise, while taking down all the affluent, genius white kids headed havahd and yale.
Stereotypes Unite!
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2013 23:13     Subject: Common Core town hall gone awry.
Well the administration does seem very keen to get minorities scoring better and into at least community college. Hope the curriculum can challenge people more than that!
Everyone else can have their parents supplement them or pay extra for tutors.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2013 05:46     Subject: Common Core town hall gone awry.
Anonymous wrote:So is the goal of Maryland common core to get everyone proficient enough to get in to community college? If so, sheesh.
No matter, the intl students can attend the real universities here. They'll be smarter and more hard working anyhow.


Where did you get that from?

(It's not actually "Maryland common core". Here is a link to the Common Core: http://www.corestandards.org/ )
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2013 22:11     Subject: Re:Common Core town hall gone awry.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well, I definitely will not be voting for the Democratic party in Maryland at the next election. After all, didn't O'Malley bring this crap to our state? What about our State Delegates and Senators? Why don't they speak up for public education in our state? What about the elected officials in Montgomery County? Everyone seems to be twiddling their thumbs and watching public education in our state go down the drain. All current MCPS BOE members should also be ousted. Not a single one deserves to be reelected.



I'm guessing that you probably wouldn't have anyway.

(Would you like to move to Texas? Or Alaska? They never adopted the Common Core.)


I voted for O'Malley and Ike Leggett in the last election. Couldn't have foreseen the wreck they would do in their tenure. The Democratic Party will not get my vote the next time around.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2013 21:34     Subject: Common Core town hall gone awry.
So is the goal of Maryland common core to get everyone proficient enough to get in to community college? If so, sheesh.
No matter, the intl students can attend the real universities here. They'll be smarter and more hard working anyhow.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2013 20:07     Subject: Common Core town hall gone awry.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's kind of hilarious how something is a totally non political or bipartisan issue until the tea party politicizes it.


Tea Party would have been all for it if one element of the common core was to teach creationism.


Probably!

I think there's also some residual anger because the hegemony of the common core has proved to be a tipping point away from Texas having all the publishing power in education trends. Especially now that Texas's tea party back education board is trying to re-write history texts to obviate references to slavery. Or that the founding fathers were not very religious.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2013 13:53     Subject: Common Core town hall gone awry.
Anonymous wrote:It's kind of hilarious how something is a totally non political or bipartisan issue until the tea party politicizes it.


Tea Party would have been all for it if one element of the common core was to teach creationism.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2013 13:51     Subject: Re:Common Core town hall gone awry.
Anonymous wrote:Well, I definitely will not be voting for the Democratic party in Maryland at the next election. After all, didn't O'Malley bring this crap to our state? What about our State Delegates and Senators? Why don't they speak up for public education in our state? What about the elected officials in Montgomery County? Everyone seems to be twiddling their thumbs and watching public education in our state go down the drain. All current MCPS BOE members should also be ousted. Not a single one deserves to be reelected.



I'm guessing that you probably wouldn't have anyway.

(Would you like to move to Texas? Or Alaska? They never adopted the Common Core.)
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2013 13:41     Subject: Common Core town hall gone awry.
OH My Goodness - Maryland is doomed to permanent stupidity -- run for the hills!
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2013 13:34     Subject: Re:Common Core town hall gone awry.
Well, I definitely will not be voting for the Democratic party in Maryland at the next election. After all, didn't O'Malley bring this crap to our state? What about our State Delegates and Senators? Why don't they speak up for public education in our state? What about the elected officials in Montgomery County? Everyone seems to be twiddling their thumbs and watching public education in our state go down the drain. All current MCPS BOE members should also be ousted. Not a single one deserves to be reelected.

Anonymous
Post 09/23/2013 21:25     Subject: Common Core town hall gone awry.
It's kind of hilarious how something is a totally non political or bipartisan issue until the tea party politicizes it.
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2013 20:22     Subject: Common Core town hall gone awry.
Not just in Florida.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-05/common-core-standards-have-tea-party-seeing-u-s-school-takeover.html

Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, and the Republican National Committee also don't like the Common Core. Because Communism.
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2013 18:52     Subject: Common Core town hall gone awry.
The Tea Party in FL just convinced the state to abandon its lead role in the common core (they were the lead with the grant).
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2013 18:31     Subject: Common Core town hall gone awry.
Where is Maryland County?

Also, if you weren't there, how do you know that it was "more canned speeches and pretend Q&A"?
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2013 17:35     Subject: Common Core town hall gone awry.
More canned speeches and pretend Q&A from Maryland County regarding Common Core.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/howard-county-parent-arrested-at-common-core-forum-becomes-cause-celebre/2013/09/23/fd4e1ad2-2481-11e3-b3e9-d97fb087acd6_story.html?hpid=z6

Anyone here, there? Did the comment and concern get addressed?: "new standards were weak and were preparing students for community colleges instead of elite universities."