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Stop Common Core in Illinois

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Brooke Wagner
10 years ago

We need to teach our kids math the correct way

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Shannon
10 years ago

Common core is beyond ridiculous!

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Vicki Guffey
10 years ago

This is a much more difficult way to do this math than the previous way. Too confusing for children

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Sierra Hoff
10 years ago Featured

My daughter struggled with common core for nearly 3 hours her entire 3rd grade year...I tried to help as much as possible...but to no avail...it absolutely makes no sense...people will move to the states that do not use common core...have some COMMON SENSE

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Erika harrow
10 years ago

Common core is ridiculous.

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Courtney True
10 years ago

Common Core needs to be thrown out the window. It's just a big joke and so many children are struggling with it. It needs to go.

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Traci Rose
10 years ago

My son struggled terribly with common core math. It was difficult to watch and not know how to help.

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Justin Mills
10 years ago

Stop common core

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brandon masters
10 years ago

i agree that common core should be thrown out. i was pretty good in math bit there is no way this standard is easier than regular math..i have even heard teachers not liking this method. so please get rid of it.

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Tiffany McFall
10 years ago

Common core is NOT helping our kids! These kids get frustrated and are ready to give up! Why should we allow our kids to give up? Common core is setting them up for failure!!

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Kendan Burrows
10 years ago

Instead of "no child left behind," we need "no child is the same." I can no longer sit by and watch my kids suffer. They are being set up for failure and it's heartbreaking.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

I don't believe common core is helping our children. They are getting discouraged and turned off from school.

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Gretchen
10 years ago

I will be homeschooling my child after 3rd grade just to avoid this nonsense.

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Pat Adkins
10 years ago

STOP common core! Teach the basics then theory!

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Heidi Anne Nielsen
10 years ago

I work in a school and my children attend there. I am saddened to see my 2nd and 3rd grader in tears nightly over their math homework. I am considering pulling them out of school in order to give them a more solid

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Common core is wrong for changing the way our kids are taught! There was never anything wrong with the old way and the old way actually works great. Stop common core please!!

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Ben Albright
10 years ago

Signed

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Ben Duncan
10 years ago

Agree 100%! I wanted to start my own petition locally, but I now see that the problem is not just getting our schools to listen, but the state of Illinois !

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Ben Duncan
10 years ago

common core makes simple math complicated, and confuses children.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

My child is 7 and was great at addition and subtraction at the age of 5. Now that she is 7 and her school is pushing common core math she struggles with basic math such as 13-4!!!! This is unbelievably ridiculous. Every night has become a huge ball of stress working with her on her homework. Watching my child go from, starting to learn multiplication (learning at home) at the age of 6 and now going on 8 in January, she can barely do subtraction. COMMON CORE NEEDS TO GO!!