My sister-in-law, who lives in a southern red state that historically is not known for its excellent education, is fuming about Common Core. She says the kids aren't learning things "when they're supposed to be learning them" but I'm not even sure how she's qualified to assess that. Really, I think it's because she just doesn't like Obama, lol.

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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!

...genius white and Asian kids... (because stereotypes)

If demographic groups that have not done as well in school start doing better in school, that seems like a good outcome (for everybody!) to me.

Me too! But some people operate on the teeter-totter system of life, if others go up -- that means they going down!

Anonymous wrote:

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!

...genius white and Asian kids... (because stereotypes)

If demographic groups that have not done as well in school start doing better in school, that seems like a good outcome (for everybody!) to me.