Common Core hearing today in Madison. It looks like it will be stacked in favor of Common Core. Those interested in attending should know that signs, and such, are not allowed in the hearing rooms. HOWEVER, T shirts are allowed.
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Federal courts strongly rule that education is a state responsibility. Progressives hate that. So, since Jimma Carter and his “Dept. of Education” the camel has been sticking it’s nose deeper and deeper into the tent: Special Ed; Public Law 94-142; Americans with Disability; Drug Free Schools; No Child Left behind and now Common Core. Saddest thing is all of these are unfunded or under-funded mandates and the stupid damn governors don’t realize they’re all just settling for common mediocrity instead of striving for exceptional achievement for their states. Everybody gets better when there’s competition. Nobody thrives under a system.
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Here are some sample second grade spelling words: daughter, nephew, business, neighborhood, enough, prophet, and profit
Here are some sample second grade vocab:extravaganza, diligent, tedious, feasible, fragrant, correspond, accolade, archaic, semblance, dappled, and habitat.
Here is a sample second grade math question from October. It needs to be answered without using division or multiplication. There are 150 pencils. Ten pencils in each box. How many boxes of pencils are there?
just another power grab by the federal government to take over schools...this is only the first part of its implementation...global warming, school breakfast, liberaly ideology are already in the schools.
The Common Core is a nightmare, but many of the teachers are Democrats and they don’t see this.
It should be called Common Karl, as in Karl Marx.