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I used to be on here most every night. Now kids are raised...I have some minutes at the end of the day. Just read through a few posts. Does anyone else wonder what the heck we are doing to 5-6 year old kids. I read mostly about assessment. What in the world are we doing. Hoping your kids can still have some "choice" time?
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pktchr Common Core has one good > thing going for it, and that's some sort of educational plan > for all so that a military brat can move from CA to FL and not > lose a year or repeat a year of education.

I'm not a fan of Common Core, but as the parent of 5 "military brats" who moved from N.J. to OK, to IL, to VA then back to ...See More
Mar 14, 2015
flacka I teach in a large district in a NON common core state and we have a transient population at my school. This state has strong standards (some are more stringent than CC) and we get a pacing guide from the district along with all kinds of rubrics and, even with all of that, there isn't consistency. They can put whatever they want into place and stil...See More
Mar 14, 2015
Donna On 3/14/15, pktchr wrote:

> back to a different district in IL. A little consistency > would have been helpful. Being a "military brat" isn't easy.

For the record, I hope no offense was taken with the use of the term "military brat". I'm a wife of a retired military man, we raised two "military brats...See More
Mar 15, 2015
pktchr On 3/15/15, Donna wrote:
> On 3/14/15, pktchr wrote:
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>> back to a different district in IL. A little consistency
>> would have been helpful. Being a "military brat" isn't
>> easy.
>
> For the record, I hope no offense was taken with the use
> of
the
> term "mi...See More
Mar 15, 2015
Pksped Just today, I made the comment that I am surprised each time I assess. I feel like all I do is assess; I wonder when they actually had the chance to learn something. I am an Air Force brat. I am proud of the title, but I see the stunned facial expressions every time I use the phrase with someone not accustomed to it.

On 3/15/15, pktchr w...See More
Mar 17, 2015


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