[who_would_fardels_bear]

Most teachers I know hated Common Core. The one thing that teachers want most after salary and benefits is some level of autonomy in the classroom.

Common Core, No Child Left Behind, etc. all take away flexibility from the teacher and turn teaching jobs into something very similar to factory jobs.

I'm sure bad teachers might like Common Core because it takes all the thinking and responsibility away from them, but decent teachers oppose most initiatives that come out of DC.

[grania]

re: I retired 20 years ago. At that time, the "team" approach to learning was becoming the norm. That approach is detrimental to thinkers who like to solve a problem for themselves, then compare their work afterwards. I knew it was bad when it was the students who wanted peace and quiet so they could think had to go out in the hall.

This is my fourth year of not substituting in a public school urban environment, after 7 years of that adventure. Common core was just coming in. It's a nightmare. Teachers are told not just what to teach, but how to teach it. It's very difficult to time your teaching to take advantage of it when a student is ready to break through. Everything is manipulated.

I agree with everything you say. That's why I'm saying that it doesn't seem that the unions really want to get rid of Common Core. If they'd stood on that issue, they could've DEMANDED someone that was 100% states rights for curriculum and other education initiatives.