Opinion of Common Core

[SWE]

Awful

[MadmanMotley]

Terrible, makes me even more glad that I was homeschooled, and I will likely do the same should I ever have kids.

[Mopsus]

Doesn't seem to warrant the outrage that's been directed at it by this thread.

[TDAS04]

HI.

[traininthedistance]

Lotta misinformation and misconceptions in this thread.  As Lief pointed out, the testing is because of No Child Left Behind, not Common Core- and I can assure all you callow youngsters that there was plenty of standardized testing in American schools even before NCLB for crying out loud.

Jesus.  It's fine to not like something, but actually have a reason that has some basis in reality, okay?

(Note that I don't necessarily think that it's going to be a panacea or something, I'd rather wait to see more results first- just that the common talking points against it are basically 99.99% gibberish.)

[MurrayBannerman]

Lotta misinformation and misconceptions in this thread.  As Lief pointed out, the testing is because of No Child Left Behind, not Common Core- and I can assure all you callow youngsters that there was plenty of standardized testing in American schools even before NCLB for crying out loud.

Jesus.  It's fine to not like something, but actually have a reason that has some basis in reality, okay?

(Note that I don't necessarily think that it's going to be a panacea or something, I'd rather wait to see more results first- just that the common talking points against it are basically 99.99% gibberish.)

I understand that it's a different way of teaching, but it perpetuates the non-active environment we see in our schools today, especially in the lower, critical levels.

[nolesfan2011]

Extremely negative.  Any education program or system that assesses students based on standardized tests or goes by a one-size-fits-all mentality, and is based on the expectation that the achievement gap will decrease as a result, deserves to fail.

[AggregateDemand]

I think most hatred of common core is based upon individual dislike of standardized testing. Too bad. The education and labor markets are based heavily on signaling games. Without transparency, like common core or standard testing, the markets don't work. The states have done little to address the national labor market issues, except thwart the private sector when possible.

We are all trapped in school systems that acknowledge time-based achievement for the number of semester hours we've completed. Certificate-based schooling is superior, hence market-love for CPA, CFA, CFP, MOS, SixSigma, blah blah blah. Common Core is a somewhat clumsy step in that direction.

Standardized tests are your friend. You graduate when you pass, not when the school decides you've made enough trips around the sun. Gifted students can accumulate far more than a diploma and a handful of AP credits. Class structure and age mean less, which takes some of the angst out of compulsory day-care, i mean school.

[Del Tachi]

Freedom initiative.