Anonymous wrote:

We need to invest in good teachers, special education, teacher prep, smaller class sizes, etc so that teachers are able to bring students up to these standards.

No. The standards are not good. They stifle imagination and require robotic thinking. Let the teachers teach.

Citation, please... Where exactly does Common Core "require robotic thinking?" Which standards, specifically? And which standards, specifically "stifle imagination?"

Anonymous wrote:

Pearson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, and others have been making millions off of education contracts each year for decades, and were doing so long before Common Core.

And by making wholesale changes in the standards, they insure that new materials will have to be purchased across America. Not only that, but more computers and software have to be bought in order for the online tests to be taken.

Like, nobody else on the planet could ever possibly write a goddamned textbook, write educational software or prepare relevant curriculum and materials? Never heard of Khan Academy? They came out of nowhere in the midst of an established field of textbook publishers. Disruption can and does happen ALL. THE. TIME.

http://dailysignal.com/2015/03/12/concerns-grow-about-common-core-high-school-standards/

The review was negligible. Problems.

https://www.edsurge.com/n/2015-03-11-why-the-smarter-balanced-common-core-math-test-is-fatally-flawed

Did I read somewhere that Smarter Balanced and PARCC both got federal money to develop these tests? Look at your taxes in action.

We need to invest in good teachers, special education, teacher prep, smaller class sizes, etc so that teachers are able to bring students up to these standards.

No. The standards are not good. They stifle imagination and require robotic thinking. Let the teachers teach.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2015/03/8563810/common-core-fallout-prompts-board-regents-shake

Common Core is costing politicians their positions.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/california-board-moves-accommodate-common-core-test-29569394


Common core testing: not ready for prime time.

In 12 years, it won't be an issue because kids will have started school with high standards and it won't be a sudden change in expectations.

LOL High standards by themselves do not insure anything.

Pearson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, and others have been making millions off of education contracts each year for decades, and were doing so long before Common Core.



And by making wholesale changes in the standards, they insure that new materials will have to be purchased across America. Not only that, but more computers and software have to be bought in order for the online tests to be taken.

Gee. I wonder who benefits from the computers and software?

I don't see why anyone would complain about Common Core standards being too hard. Our education has lagged behind the rest of the developed world for ages, and yea, it'll be tough to catch up. We need to invest in good teachers, special education, teacher prep, smaller class sizes, etc so that teachers are able to bring students up to these standards.

Who is giving out the money for this? How does CC help this investment happen?

I don't see why anyone would complain about Common Core standards being too hard. Our education has lagged behind the rest of the developed world for ages, and yea, it'll be tough to catch up. We need to invest in good teachers, special education, teacher prep, smaller class sizes, etc so that teachers are able to bring students up to these standards. In 12 years, it won't be an issue because kids will have started school with high standards and it won't be a sudden change in expectations. It's hard to watch your own kids struggle, but it's also important to step back and realize we can't keep our entire education system at a lower standard just because it's hard for one generation of kids to catch up. And, most kids will catch up and be better off for it, just give it some time.

Also, people complain about standardized tests and that's fine, but the CC was designed to give teachers more flexibility to meet kids individual needs. Grade level standards existed before common core, teaching to the test existed before common core, these all started with NCLB. Common Core is an attempt to make things less rigid, to focus on problem solving and critical thinking instead of rote memorization.

Pearson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, and others have been making millions off of education contracts each year for decades, and were doing so long before Common Core.

And by making wholesale changes in the standards, they insure that new materials will have to be purchased across America. Not only that, but more computers and software have to be bought in order for the online tests to be taken.

Schools do many, many things (and should be doing those things) that standards can not even begin to address. Unfortunately those things are put on the back burner as the focus has turned to "standards" and testing them.

If, in implementing the standards and bowing to testing pressures, we lose our semblance of humanity, it's at our own peril as a society. The whole idea of the federal government collecting "data" on our kids and then claiming that this is all for their betterment flies in the face of what people believe is best for the kids.

You are obviously not involved in education, PP.

Pearson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, and others have been making millions off of education contracts each year for decades, and were doing so long before Common Core.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102496406#.

Wow. Money, money, money.........