Yes...you should have the same education regardless if you live in New York, Chicago, or Gulfport MS...leaving it up to local school boards allows for stupid shit to creep in...just look at the Texas Board of education for a great example of mass stupidity getting forced into the system.
-----Original Message----- From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 12:21 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Common Core will turn your children gay Do you really think a nation wide cookie cutter approach to education is the best idea in a country as large and diverse as ours? Isn't this the very reason we have states and counties? Tailored localized responses? On May 20, 2014 1:16 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> wrote: > > So run a few large scale studies using a Quasi-Experimental approach. > Take a set of schools that are statistically equivalent on the > dependent measures. Then randomly assign them to either the current > approaches or the CCC. Then see what happens over a 5 or 10 year > period. And do that in 4 or 5 different states. That would give a > fairly good idea on what works best. > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 12:45 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > RIght. Research suggests this may work better. SO let's try it. > > > > Now research doesn't always translate into the real world, but > > there's > only > > one way to find out. IF the upside is better educated kids, and the > > downside is going back to the way it was.....there's no reason NOT > > to > try. > > > > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Larry C. Lyons > ><[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> > >> What I don't understand is that people on both sides seem to be > >> ignoring what the research says when it comes to the Common Core > >> Curriculum. Why not go with what works the best? > >> > >> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > my kiddos have all gone through Montessori education and were > >> > taught > math > >> > in a very similar manner to common core. My oldest ended up > >> > skipping Algebra 1 once she got into middle school and has > >> > maintained a 96 > average > >> > all year. > >> > > >> > If you've seen the "New Math" photo that's been endlessly > >> > circulated, people seem to understand it better once I relate it > >> > to counting back changed to someone. It's really a very natural way of doing math. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:47 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > It sounds like he's saying commie core promotes gay lifestyles > >> >> > a > lot, > >> as > >> >> in > >> >> > getting the little kids to understand and be tolerant, > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Understanding and tolerance?!?!?!?!?!?! > >> >> > >> >> HOLY FUCK!!!!!! > >> >> > >> >> Take it away, Judge McShane: > >> >> > >> >> "Let us look less to the sky to see what might fall; rather, let > >> >> us > >> look to > >> >> each other...and rise." > >> >> > >> >> On the hand, the real issue is how horrible is it that the > >> >> federal > >> >> > government is destroying our education system and many people > >> >> > are > >> unaware > >> >> > or are happy about it. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> Jury is still out on this common core junk. I've read experts > >> >> who > swear > >> by > >> >> it, backed by research, and others who are highly critical of it. > People > >> >> are so resistant to change. If it's for the better, then by FSM > let's do > >> >> it. We won't really know until we try. I also have little > >> >> sympathy > for > >> >> parents who are pissed because they can't help their kids with > >> >> their > 4th > >> >> grade home work. Geeesh, set down your fucking cell phone, take > >> >> a few minutes and learn something new for a change.....it ain't > >> >> gonna kill > >> you. > >> >> > >> >> At least test drive it. See what this new approach is TRYING to > >> >> do, > >> before > >> >> making up your mind. > >> >> > >> >> Or alternatively, decide that it makes you gay and reject it > outright. I > >> >> guess that's the easiest approach. > >> >> > >> >> Disclaimer: My kids haven't quite reached elementary school yet, > >> >> so i haven't actually been exposed to it. When I actually learn > >> >> about it > and > >> try > >> >> it out, I may become a critic...but I intend to at least try it > first. > >> >> > >> >> If anyone on here has practical experience with it and can give > concrete > >> >> examples of what they think is wrong with it....or perhaps how > >> >> it's > >> turning > >> >> them gay....I'd love to hear it. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370259 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
