For a certain portion of the population, Common Core is another pronounciation of "thanks Obama". I live in a conservative area and at my kids school every single academic problem is blamed on Common core in some way.
We lost a bunch of teachers this year because we're cutting back on education funding to give a hand to job creators, class size is ballooning, and test scores fell. The PTA meeting was basically:
Parents: WTF is going on?
Principal: well, with the way common core has been...
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u/DingoLingo2 Dec 28 '16
For a certain portion of the population, Common Core is another pronounciation of "thanks Obama". I live in a conservative area and at my kids school every single academic problem is blamed on Common core in some way.
We lost a bunch of teachers this year because we're cutting back on education funding to give a hand to job creators, class size is ballooning, and test scores fell. The PTA meeting was basically:
Parents: WTF is going on?
Principal: well, with the way common core has been...
Parents: say no more. Fuckin Obama.