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2014-07-16 Government

Missouri Governor Signs Bill To Replace Common Core Standards

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Posted by Fred 2014-07-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 No good will ever come of a Republican legislature helping a Democrat to see the light, progressive socialists will find a way to "put the train back on the tracks" for "common core"/ end the farse - Common Core is an indoctrination of socialism upon American Youth.

Posted by Phusogum Johnson6491 2014-07-16 01:10|| 2014-07-16 01:10|| Front Page Top

#2 An interesting background piece on the various efforts of the "educationists" from The Weekly Standard. Three pages, and worth every word. I'm of the New Math generation; it worked for me, but I know a lot of people developed a hatred for math that they wouldn't have, back when it was a tool instead of a philosophy of thought -- teachers included. God spare us the legions of the well intentioned!

The Common Core Commotion
Havent we seen this movie before?

Posted by trailing wife 2014-07-16 06:20|| 2014-07-16 06:20|| Front Page Top

#3 I caught New Math in the neck, in the third grade, and wound up being one of those put off of math for life ... to the point where I didn't learn how to figure percentage (as in how much off the regular price was a %30 discount ... until I was in my forties and working retail - thanks, New Math!) but fortunately had learned to read well before the educational establishment began whoring after "see-say" instead of the traditional phonics (knowing the letters and sounding out new words.) My younger sister caught that disaster in full force, and never really did enjoy reading for pleasure.

No, the more people are learning about Common Core, the more they dislike and fight it.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2014-07-16 08:33|| http://www.celiahayes.com 2014-07-16 08:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Common Core benefits a statist government. Education should be in the ballywick of State and local government--mostly local. Keep the money at home.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-07-16 09:40|| 2014-07-16 09:40|| Front Page Top

#5 How many left to go? 45? 46? Keep it up!

Posted by Iblis 2014-07-16 10:07|| 2014-07-16 10:07|| Front Page Top

#6 TW, which new math did you get hit with? I was in phase 1 in 7th & 8th grade circa '61, paperback books big on set theory. It set me back years and I liked math and was good at it. Problem was that the teachers didn't know crap or how to teach it. Needless to say, my parents couldn't help much either.

Posted by AlanC 2014-07-16 10:21|| 2014-07-16 10:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Its called something else here, but from what I have read its the same thing different name.

The problem I have is they don't learn their tables; number plus itself, number times itself, number times 2,3,4 etc.

Example: 9+9=18 becomes (9+1=10) (9-1=8), 10+8=18.

That kind of thinking pays off in later math but it is important to learn the tables not only for reflexing math in everyday life, and I'm talking 1st graders here and depending upon their household may be seeing math for the first time, but because not all everyday life is done is terms of 5s and 10s; examples: 16ths of inches, days in weeks, ounces, how many 3 pointers need to tie a game, so on.

Plus the word problems are totally unreadable to me, nevermind my daughter trying to figure it out (1st grade testing 3rd grade but with this CCrap I don't even know what that means, if she has a gift (she does), if the tests are dummy-downed (they are), or if nobody knows how to read (many don't)).

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-07-16 13:09|| 2014-07-16 13:09|| Front Page Top

#8 Thanks TW for the Andrew Ferguson article. The Dept of Education was created under Carter. America 2000, Goals 2000, NCLB, and Common Core were created under various presidents. All approaches have proven dismal. Maybe it's time to ask the question: "Is it time to consider dissolving the Dept. of Education?"

Maybe all cabinet level agencies should all have a self-destruct mechanism built in (term limits) at some given time period, say 10 years if it can be demonstrated that they show no effectiveness in their stated mission.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-07-16 14:50|| 2014-07-16 14:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Education should be funded and managed by parents.
Governments role in education should solely be to ensure parents are doing that.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-07-16 16:40|| 2014-07-16 16:40|| Front Page Top

#10 Oklahoma Supreme Court upholds OK Legislature's repeal of Common Corpse standards.

One article:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/07/15/Oklahoma-Supreme-Court-Rules-State-Legislature-Has-Authority-To-Repeal-Common-Core-Standards

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-07-16 17:45|| 2014-07-16 17:45|| Front Page Top

#11 Education should be as 'local' as possible - preferably school or school district. Not at the state and definitely not at the federal level.

Where is 'Education' mentioned in the Constitution as being a 'Federal' concern? And no - the commerce clause (or what's left of it) doesn't count.

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-07-16 18:00|| 2014-07-16 18:00|| Front Page Top

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