tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post5609741508373213224..comments2023-11-22T04:27:07.521-06:00Comments on glen brown: Opposing Common Core Irrationally or Rationallygbrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435049339082622611noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-14365185635407811282014-06-01T18:35:50.843-05:002014-06-01T18:35:50.843-05:00The problems are how these standards are enforced ...The problems are how these standards are enforced and by whom; why there is an absurd mania for testing these standards, and the devaluation of public schools and their teachers…gbrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13435049339082622611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-25334412267812780052014-05-29T14:51:44.653-05:002014-05-29T14:51:44.653-05:00I believe most people confuse teaching with the Co...I believe most people confuse teaching with the Common Core standards and using the assessments that are artificially tied to them. We have had standards for a long time and the Common Core are better than we've ever had. The forced assessments are another story. They have not been proven to measure anything useful and may not even work (computer-based testing and grading). Don't combine the two aspects when making an argument against the standards.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09808576418738635244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-37838392563974705902014-05-22T19:58:03.724-05:002014-05-22T19:58:03.724-05:00Many, many messages have been sent back and forth ...Many, many messages have been sent back and forth among bloggers attempting to explain this situation.<br />During the 1800's diseases were blamed on possession by the devil as others explained the germ theory. This is a great comparison of today's conundrum. The wackos think and speak wacko. We think and speak reality. Because the CCSS is definitely a bad situation doesn't mean we must pretend to agree with the wackos. The enemies of our enemy are not necessarily our friends.<br />-KenTeachershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122053178544975314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-25639822090943361282014-05-22T11:01:43.453-05:002014-05-22T11:01:43.453-05:00I have a wonderful son-in-law who's on a schoo...I have a wonderful son-in-law who's on a school board (which will go unmentioned) and when I tell him that Common Core is so bad for his kids education, and I'm seeing it every day, he says, but the right-wing hates it, so it must be good. Well, as you've said, they hate for other insane reasons, not the lack of quality and privatization bias, as well as leaving kids behind who can't make the mark. Thank you, as always.Sharon Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475912276638292718noreply@blogger.com