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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGlenn Beck Takes His Campaign Against Common Core To The Big Screen
Beck is leading the charge to keep American's stupid
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What does Common Core sound like in the real world?
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)He should never be allowed to teach anybody anything.
rurallib
(62,411 posts)jesus - people paid $18 a head to listen to this idiot?
For anyone who has hope for this country, I offer this as proof that there is one hell of a lot of idiots here.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5251525
6. Why do progressives hate Common Core?
Common Core is a corporate initiative.
Common Core further disempowers teachers in their own classroom.
Common Core empowers bureaucrats and administrators.
Common Core promotes rote 'learning'.
Common Core means even more high stakes standardized testing.
Common Core diverts scarce education funding into data collection and analysis, away from the classroom.
Common Core will turn even more schools in low-income areas into 'failures'.
Common Core is a stalking horse for more corporately-managed charter schools.
Just because elements of the right-wing are against Common Core for their own reasons, does not mean that liberals need to be reactionary and therefore defend this very bad policy.
Ultimately, Common Core is bad for kids, bad for teachers and destructive of the traditional concept of public education.
d_r
(6,907 posts)Android3.14
(5,402 posts)For some reason, some progressives in a tizzy about CC are receiving all of their information from unreliable sources. These sources make wild panicked claims which, in a fashion that reminds me of the autism/innoculation brouhaha, they spread without checking their facts or sources. If I may suggest an article from a reliable source...
What to Make of the Common Core Debate - Smithsonian
Also, here is a list of groups that endorse Common Core
Statements of Support
The list in your post is the usual talking points that others, such as Beck, spout off, without any actual proof. When you look into the talking points a little further, a thoughtful person will recognize the CC is not a cure all, nor is it an evil plot.