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Education

knitter4democracy

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1. Just wait until the Smarter Balance/Common Core test comes down the pike.

Reply to HiPointDem (Original post)

Sat Jan 26, 2013, 01:17 PM

Jan 2013

That one's a real doozy--all on-line, tons of reading, too-short time limits, and more. Big test, and we already know our kids won't be ready in two years. We're doing our best to prepare them, but what it tests is just massive and grade levels above the current curriculum.

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Garfield (Seattle) Testing Boycott continued... [View all] HiPointDem Jan 2013 OP

Just wait until the Smarter Balance/Common Core test comes down the pike. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #1

The "reformers" are forcing children to fail on purpose duffyduff Jan 2013 #2

Oh, I agree. They want those left behind for cannon fodder, too. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #5

AND they can say the teachers and schools are failures, and thus should be privatized, Squinch Jan 2013 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author mlauer59295 Jan 2013 #15

why are teachers preparing for CC instead of fighting it? HiPointDem Jan 2013 #3

Because money's attached to it. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #4

but that doesn't really make sense either, because the money is mostly to implement the systems HiPointDem Jan 2013 #6

Teachers resist, they risk getting fired for "insubordination" duffyduff Jan 2013 #7

when they resist *alone*. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #8

In Seattle, administrators are making threats over those protesting teachers duffyduff Jan 2013 #9

yes, making the threat of a ten-day suspension. power always has the upper hand. until it doesn't. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #10

Public education isn't like other areas of the economy duffyduff Jan 2013 #11

unions aren't effective because they're captured company unions, for the most part. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #12

No, what I am saying is the teachers have an uphill battle duffyduff Jan 2013 #13