There have been many dozens of anecdotal articles written
about the abomination that is the Common Core Curriculum Standards. Examples of incomprehensible math worksheets, propagandistic social studies
lessons, and even messianic tributes to Barack Obama passed off in
the name of English literature abound.
Although there has been relatively little coverage of the
reaction of teachers who have been saddled with this mess, these stories are
beginning to surface. This morning, Connecticut station WFSB reported
that some fifty public school teachers in the town of Torrington phoned in sick
on the day in February when they were supposed to learn about the state’s
Common Core standards. The sick-out might have been a coincidence, except that
on a normal day the number of teachers who report being too ill to teach is
closer to 17......Read more here.....
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