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"Children of the Core": The Final Sacrifice (Original Post)
Smarmie Doofus
Nov 2013
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gopiscrap
(24,170 posts)1. my wife has been a teacher for 30 years and says
The Common Core stuff is bullshit
duffyduff
(3,251 posts)3. She's absolutely right.
This is all about destroying public education in the name of "national standards" in an attempt to get rid of teachers altogether and replace them with computers, ultimately.
Remember, this was the Gates Foundation's baby. That's says it all.
zazen
(2,978 posts)2. it's horrid--I curse it every day n/t
daleanime
(17,796 posts)4. When you value something in a capitalistic society....
you devote resources to it. $$$$$ The fact that they continue to cut education funding shows their intent.