re: Common core continues to indoctrinate the young, with bogus history

I posted this in another thread recently. It seems appropriate here.

"I met with the director of curriculum as well as the English and math curriculum directors for my son's school district. I went into this meeting having learned all I could about common core state standards (CCSS). My son will be a freshman in high school next year. He's taken all advanced courses up to this point so I was concerned about all of this.

I spent an entire afternoon with them. I was able to look at the curriculum in detail. There was nothing remotely similar to this kind of stuff. The math was more difficult but not because it was confusing. The English work was the same.

After all the time researching CCSS and the meetings I had with these people I believe that the standards have changed but it will be up to each state to develop their own curriculum or to use someone else's curriculum. My son's school district has traditionally been very good and they are showing this by developing what materials are appropriate. They are also using ACT and SAT scores as an outcome measure even though this is not required.

Historically, changing standards doesn't really do much at all. The low-performance schools will stay that way and the high-performance schools will continue to perform at a high level.

I am NOT defending CCSS at all. I don't like how this came about or the players involved in using the kids as guinea pigs. I'm sharing my experience only."