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If you have a kid in school,educate yourself about the federal Common Core Curriculum
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<blockquote data-quote="Lakenut" data-source="post: 2283107" data-attributes="member: 30258"><p>Guys, like anything else...info on the www is all fine and dandy, but get involved at your kid's school. Spend time there. Ask to shadow your child during the school day. See first hand what is going on. I promise it will be an eye opener.</p><p></p><p>I have two kids in elementary school. The one thing I am learning is that if something makes sense....schools seem run away from it like the plague. There needs to be accountability in student performance. If little Billy is not proficient with all of the skills taught in 3rd grade, he needs to become proficient BEFORE BEING PASSED TO THE FOURTH GRADE! That makes sense. But it RARELY happens. Therefore my 5th grader is stuck in a class where around 50% of the other kids are working on skills that they should have mastered in 4th, 3rd, or even lower grades. It's not the teachers fault. There are OUTSTANDING teachers in her school. But the kids are figuring out that they can jack around in class, not do their work, not do their home work, disrupt the class ...basically fail a grade level....and they are still going on to the next grade. So my daughter's teacher is trying to teach a few kids at a 5th grade level and challenge them and remediate a whole bunch of kids who never passed 4th grade.</p><p></p><p>I have no problem testing our kids on what they should know. But if they do not pass the test....its back to repeat the grade again. It makes no sense to pass kids on when they aren't ready.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lakenut, post: 2283107, member: 30258"] Guys, like anything else...info on the www is all fine and dandy, but get involved at your kid's school. Spend time there. Ask to shadow your child during the school day. See first hand what is going on. I promise it will be an eye opener. I have two kids in elementary school. The one thing I am learning is that if something makes sense....schools seem run away from it like the plague. There needs to be accountability in student performance. If little Billy is not proficient with all of the skills taught in 3rd grade, he needs to become proficient BEFORE BEING PASSED TO THE FOURTH GRADE! That makes sense. But it RARELY happens. Therefore my 5th grader is stuck in a class where around 50% of the other kids are working on skills that they should have mastered in 4th, 3rd, or even lower grades. It's not the teachers fault. There are OUTSTANDING teachers in her school. But the kids are figuring out that they can jack around in class, not do their work, not do their home work, disrupt the class ...basically fail a grade level....and they are still going on to the next grade. So my daughter's teacher is trying to teach a few kids at a 5th grade level and challenge them and remediate a whole bunch of kids who never passed 4th grade. I have no problem testing our kids on what they should know. But if they do not pass the test....its back to repeat the grade again. It makes no sense to pass kids on when they aren't ready. [/QUOTE]
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