STOP COMMON CORE TESTING
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Apr 12th, 2014Someone from Livonia, MI writes:
Opposition to Common Core National Curriculum is truly a grass roots, bipartisan effort. Both sides of the aisle recognize that education is not a one size fits all endeavor. -
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Apr 12th, 2014Someone from Harwinton, CT writes:
Stop the federally sanctioned child abuse. Common core and testing at Sidwell Friends and Lakeside first. Experiment on your kids, Obama and Gates.REPORT COMMENTS
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Apr 12th, 2014Someone from Worcester, MA writes:
As a public school teacher, I can tell you firsthand that Common Core and PARCC are harming children, and turning professional teachers into "hired speech" who read scripted lessons and teach to a test. Additionally, the MILLIONS of dollars already being invested in Common Core textbooks, technology, and testing are stealing money away from the classrooms. Many school districts are pink slipping classroom teachers by April 15 -- while ADDING administrators to oversee the Common Core and PARCC implementation! Class sizes are going up and learning is going down. That is wrong and it will be remembered in November. This issue is not about right or left -- it's about right or wrong. Do the right thing and stop this madness!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 12th, 2014Someone from Denver, CO writes:
Barak, Please quit listening to your billionaire friends and "know nothings about education like arnie (I'd rather be playing similar-pro basketball) dunkin", and honor the public school teachers, who really KNOW k-12 education issues!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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Apr 12th, 2014Someone from Princeton, NJ writes:
Mr. President - This week you traveled the country preaching equal pay for equal work. You said that if woman succeed the country succeeds. How can you say this when your administration is systematically destroying one of the largest employers of professional women - public schools. What have teachers done to this county to deserve such public scorning? Stepped in front of a bullet for a child? Used their bodies to shield students during a tornado? Used their private resources to buy supplies, clothing, food for students who are in need? You see, teachers are a unique breed. We do our craft because we love it. We often care for it more than we care for ourselves. We don't get perks like air conditioning, bathroom breaks or clean/healthy working conditions. Everyone one of us donates our own money to pay for necessities in our classrooms that our district budgets don't cover. And yet your administration calls us lazy and greedy. What will you do next - put us in public stockades and give people rotten food to throw at us? I just received a letter from the DNC with your name in the return address and on the cover of the envelope it said "Do you still have my back?" I did have your back - but you never had mine? I gave you my hard earned money and believed in your message of Hope. Little did I know you had sold public teachers out for some $ from ALEC. Race to the Top, Common Core, VAM - the privatization of education are failing. These policies are coming close to breaking the heart and soul of public educators. And if that happens your administration will be to blame. TFA will not be able to fill the holes caused by the loss of experienced teachers. If you truly want to reform education you will stop listening to billionaires who will profit from the Common Core, VAM, fast tracking of charter schools and work with real educators and incorporate equity for all students. I'd have your back again if your administration strove to create public schools that are like the type of school your children attend - instead of something from a third world country. There still is time to turn this thing around, I still believe you are a good man at heart, please do the right thing. You can begin by stopping Common Core testing, VAM and the fast-tracking of charter schools.REPORT COMMENTS
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