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We already have that, half of my students have some kind of
accommodation or IEP, and the students who can afford it are
already in private school. Aside from that our numbers are only
growing because the 99% is getting bigger and bigger, public
schools will be around a VERY long time if socio-economic
influence is the majority predictor of their success.

The elementary school TEKS are designed to take not just
developmental appropriateness into account but to move away from
the idea that "age" indicates readiness for study, the intent is
to provide instruction that does not alienate the student from
future learning opportunities. The biggest issue in the last 25
years of math education has been students developing a hatred for
math either due to past experience or social pressures.

On 8/23/14, Two Cents wrote:
> You are exactly correct! What is happening, though, is parents
> are pulling their CSCOPE babies out of public school for a
> variety of choices that are out there: homeschool, private, and
> charters. Until the dumba$$ policy makers figure out that they
> are killing public school and that the only students they will
> have in 10-15 years at this rate are special-ed and low socio-
> economic, the public school system is doomed. Affordable
> private schools that use classic, proven curriculums are
> popping up everywhere. While many of the private schools are
> affiliated with churches, it's obvious that many parents are
> fleeing the Common Core/CSCOPE problems that are plaguing Texas
> Public Schools. Look at the new 4th grade math TEKS! It's as if
> whoever makes this stuff up is purposely sabotaging Texas
> Public Schools. The policymakers have really screwed public
> education up with everything from CSCOPE, TEKS overload, and
> STAAR. It's all crap now.
>
> On 8/21/14, CSCOPE babies wrote:
>> The CSCOPE babies are now coming up the grades and the upper
>> level teachers are wondering why the students count on their
>> fingers when they do simple math, can't write a cohesive
>> sentence and can't read. That's OK. We can hire more coaches
>> to fix the teachers instead of additional teachers to reduce
>> class sizes.
>>
>>
>> On 8/21/14, Me wrote:
>>> On 7/02/14, PsyGuy wrote:
>>>> CSCOPE hasnt and isnt going down, I've written a number
>>>> of
>>> times
>>>> before that CSCOPE, TRS, CC, whatever you call it is
>>>> never
>>> going
>>>> away. If its not one curriculum system it will be
>>>> another.
>>>>
>>>> I do remember, and no one listens to a few parents. Youre
>>>> just practicing "act as if", you act like a few parents
>>>> matter, in the
>>> hopes
>>>> that it will broaden your message, but I work ina
>>>> classroom a
>>> real
>>>> classroom with real kids, and not a single admin I know
>>>> cares
>>> what
>>>> some parent who knows nothing about education and
>>>> teaching thinks, they just want the parent to go away.
>>>>
>>>> On 7/01/14, true PsyGuy wrote:
>>>>> You didn't see CSCOPE going down either. Remember your
>>> early
>>>>> posts about how no one would listen to a few parents,
>>>>> etc. I
>>> do
>>>>> agree that $$$ rides on convincing the public that
>>>>> teachers
>>> are
>>>>> incompetent and need to be reigned in--isn't that what
>>>>> you say too?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/01/14, PsyGuy wrote:
>>>>>> I just dont see this revolution your talking about. Its
>>>>>> a tea
>>>>> party
>>>>>> movement of extremists who this that hype is a
>>>>>> substitute for substance. This idea that all will fail
>>>>>> and teachers will go
>>>>> back to
>>>>>> closing their door and being trusted to educate
>>>>>> students is a fallacy, there is more money to be had by
>>>>>> enterprise when teachers are made to look incompetent
>>>>>> or untrustworthy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/01/14, that's right wrote:
>>>>>>> To bring fed led ed and Common Core into the school,
>>> there
>>>>>>> had to be patsies. They needed some pushers to buy
>>>>>>> into CSCope/Common Core to put the structure in place
>>>>>>> of teachers all forced onto the same page to
>>>>>>> turnaround schools. So they teased principals and
>>>>>>> superintendents with grant money. All of the admins
>>>>>>> that pushed CSCOPE
>>> had
>>>>>>> stars in their eyes thinking they were going to ride
>>>>>>> the rocket to the top. The big plan for transformation
>>>>>>> is a takeover where principals/supt's are ultimately
>>>>>>> to be replaced. All of PsyGuy's buddies are going to
>>>>>>> be kicked to the curb and his little piece of the
>>>>>>> ivory towel will crumble. The transformation
>>>>>>> billionaires think PsyGuy is just like all of us
>>>>>>> teachers-- worthless in the grand scheme of things.
>>>>>>> PsyGuy is hanging onto the shreds of
>>> the
>>>>>>> old power guard and he thinks the castle is still
>>>>>>> standing. All the while, they are swarming in the back
>>>>>>> door.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 7/01/14, Me wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 6/29/14, PsyGuy wrote:
>>>>>>>>> They havent done anythiong, the audit doesnt mean
>>>>>>>> anything.
>>>>>>>>> Its not getting rid of CSCOPE, and it hasnt done
>>>>>>>>> anything.
>>>>>>>> Its
>>>>>>>>> nothing more than a report.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 6/17/14, Ginger Russell wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> As a CSCOPE Whistle blower I am jumping up and
>>> down
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>> joy in regard to the audit. Let's just call it
>>>>>>>>>> VINDICATION. TEXAS EDUCATION SERVICE
>>>>>>>> CENTERS are
>>>>>>>>> jumping
>>>>>>>>>> ship right and left. I guess they never thought
>>>>>>>>>> they thievery would be exposed. Very few Texans
>>>>>>>>>> even
>>> knew
>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>>> Texas Education Service Centers until CSCOPE....
>>> GOES
>>>>>>>> TO
>>>>>>>>>> TELL YOU WHAT THE GRASSROOTS CAN DO.

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