Government needs to stop using our children as guinea pigs and stay out of our schools.... no evidence that CC works...
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Lee Bailey
12 years ago
I believe Common Core is an insidious way for the federal government to gain control in our schools. My grandchildren no longer bring their books home from school; only worksheets come home for homework, so they have nothing as a source of reference. I also believe Bill Gates' "philanthropy" in giving hundreds of millions of dollars to Common Core is no more than a way to gain a complete and total monopoly on the computer systems used in school systems throughout the nation, since all testing for Common Core is computerized, and on the software is all PC based. Moreover, those who established the standards were not educators, nor were they even trained in the subjects for the standards they helped to write in most cases. Considering all these factors together (just for starters), I don't see how anybody can think Common Core is good for our students.
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Ed Grocott
12 years ago
Get rid of common core and get the feds out of education as per the 10th amendment
Ed Grocott
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suzanne randall
12 years ago
Stop Common Core.
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Melissa Smith
12 years ago
This video says it all!!!
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2013/12/18/arkansas-mom-destroys-common-core-in-four-powerful-minutes-89152
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Wes Dunn
12 years ago
It is time to give education back to the states and stop more federal government overreach.
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Sherri Harper
12 years ago
Time to start teaching our kids real math and stop with the drawing shapes to then add or substract. Crazy!
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Pamela Castle
12 years ago
STOP COMMON CORE NOW! Stop all of the testing that doesn't prove anything and return our schools to the states and people of Tennessee. Get the Federal Government OUT of our education system!
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Brian Curran
12 years ago
this has got to be STOPPED - we MUST save OUR children from this evil INDOCTRINATION. My hubby (71yrs) is considering running for School board. Wish more would WAKE up.
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Anonymous
12 years ago
My child has started having anxiety over school and tests and the pressure put on her by the school and teachers. She spends 3 + hours doing homework every night. She is 9 years old and has full blown panic attacks and stomach aches due to anxiety on a regular basis. I'm not asking to stop challenging her, but certainly asking for the school system to stop putting unnecessary pressure on teachers and students. It's unreal. Our school is top 10 in the state, but I think we should find different ways of achieving this.
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Barbara Heydweiller
12 years ago
Very concerned about this curriculum for the kids in school now as well as future generations.
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Heather Kelly
12 years ago
Common Core is not good for anyone.
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Anonymous
12 years ago
My child loved math until this year. Now it's ridiculous when I can't even understand it enough to help him do his 4th grade math homework and I have a college education.
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Monica Palmer
12 years ago
My 8th grader has always carried a B or C in Math. It's not her best subject. This year her grade has plummeted to an F. She stays after school to retake a test she never understood in the first place. She has to fill out a form to request the retest. Before Christmas, she stayed after to retest along with 30+ kids. That's LOT of kids retaking one test! These kids aren't dummies. Save our kids!!!!
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Anonymous
12 years ago
It's sad that our kids are going through this crap! Would you have liked it starting in kindergarten? Probably not!
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Anonymous
12 years ago
This must be stopped, it's corruption!
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Albert J LaGassa
12 years ago
We must not fail
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Stephanie Jones
12 years ago
Concerned about massive centralized federal control of state and community education and privacy issues of many that are being ostracized by this presidential administration...
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Anonymous
12 years ago
Stop Common Core
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Leah Thomas
12 years ago
Say "no" to the federal government take over of our education system. Say "yes" to parental rights and local level decision making!
Government needs to stop using our children as guinea pigs and stay out of our schools.... no evidence that CC works...
I believe Common Core is an insidious way for the federal government to gain control in our schools. My grandchildren no longer bring their books home from school; only worksheets come home for homework, so they have nothing as a source of reference. I also believe Bill Gates' "philanthropy" in giving hundreds of millions of dollars to Common Core is no more than a way to gain a complete and total monopoly on the computer systems used in school systems throughout the nation, since all testing for Common Core is computerized, and on the software is all PC based. Moreover, those who established the standards were not educators, nor were they even trained in the subjects for the standards they helped to write in most cases. Considering all these factors together (just for starters), I don't see how anybody can think Common Core is good for our students.
Get rid of common core and get the feds out of education as per the 10th amendment Ed Grocott
Stop Common Core.
This video says it all!!! http://www.bizpacreview.com/2013/12/18/arkansas-mom-destroys-common-core-in-four-powerful-minutes-89152
It is time to give education back to the states and stop more federal government overreach.
Time to start teaching our kids real math and stop with the drawing shapes to then add or substract. Crazy!
STOP COMMON CORE NOW! Stop all of the testing that doesn't prove anything and return our schools to the states and people of Tennessee. Get the Federal Government OUT of our education system!
this has got to be STOPPED - we MUST save OUR children from this evil INDOCTRINATION. My hubby (71yrs) is considering running for School board. Wish more would WAKE up.
My child has started having anxiety over school and tests and the pressure put on her by the school and teachers. She spends 3 + hours doing homework every night. She is 9 years old and has full blown panic attacks and stomach aches due to anxiety on a regular basis. I'm not asking to stop challenging her, but certainly asking for the school system to stop putting unnecessary pressure on teachers and students. It's unreal. Our school is top 10 in the state, but I think we should find different ways of achieving this.
Very concerned about this curriculum for the kids in school now as well as future generations.
Common Core is not good for anyone.
My child loved math until this year. Now it's ridiculous when I can't even understand it enough to help him do his 4th grade math homework and I have a college education.
My 8th grader has always carried a B or C in Math. It's not her best subject. This year her grade has plummeted to an F. She stays after school to retake a test she never understood in the first place. She has to fill out a form to request the retest. Before Christmas, she stayed after to retest along with 30+ kids. That's LOT of kids retaking one test! These kids aren't dummies. Save our kids!!!!
It's sad that our kids are going through this crap! Would you have liked it starting in kindergarten? Probably not!
This must be stopped, it's corruption!
We must not fail
Concerned about massive centralized federal control of state and community education and privacy issues of many that are being ostracized by this presidential administration...
Stop Common Core
Say "no" to the federal government take over of our education system. Say "yes" to parental rights and local level decision making!