re: Evidence that Common Core is garbage continues to mount

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It's like trying to teach children how to write an essay before you've taught them sentence structure.

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It is funny that you bring this up.

Common Core has kids writing sentences in kindergarten and first grade. They are learning how to put thoughts on paper and to create the English language.

The old standard system focused on reading, vocabulary and flash card spelling words that it delayed writing skills for years. At that time, the thought of a foundation of spelling and vocabulary would help the older kids when they started to work on sentences in 2nd and 3rd grade.

Common Core takes the approach that kids will learn how to spell properly through their reading and the normal repetitions through school (think long term like k-5). If kids are too hung up on being perfect, they won't ever get started writing. There will always be words that they don't know how to spell and vocabulary that they haven't used yet. This approach gets them sharing ideas at 5 and 6 years old. And that gets them excited to learn (which hopefully leads to more reading).

The beauty is that Common Core is correct. Vocabulary is learned without rote memorization through consistent usage. And the kids have a huge head start on presenting ideas and thoughts to others with the new approach.

People in general are resistant to change. Some people are resistant to rigor and challenge. Some people can't wait for the next opportunity to run to social media in shock and anger that they taint their perception before being informed.

It is the world that we live in.