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common core

by tom

Aug 25, 2013

Starting this year Per common core new graduation requirements students must complete 4 credit hours in math, pre-calculus or statistics, used to be 3 credits and 4 credits in science students must take physics.

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anon On 8/28/13, The Want Public Education to Fail - That is the plan wrote: > On 8/26/13, diamond wrote: > >> If this is the case, I can't see how you're going to get a lot > >> of kids through pre-calc or physics without grade inflation and > >> dumbing down the content. Grad rates are already low in a lot > >> ...See More

Aug 28, 2013

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You Can See the Parallels in Nevada On 8/28/13, anon wrote:

> You've hit the nail right on the head. The gangsters who control

> our federal government politicians are making education policy as

> a part of their plan to pilfer the public treasury for profit.

>

> The Common Core is actually Bill Gates' idea--not teachers...See More

Aug 31, 2013

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anon It's a worldwide movement pushed by the likes of the World Bank. Neoliberals don't believe in higher educational access for the masses (high school and above); it is seen as a waste of money and not helpful in their globalization efforts.

On 8/31/13, You Can See the Parallels in Nevada wrote: > On 8/28/13, anon wrote: > >> Yo...See MoreIt's a worldwide movement pushed by the likes of the World Bank. Neoliberals don't believe in higher educational access for the masses (high school and above); it is seen as a waste of money and not helpful in their globalization efforts.

On 8/31/13, You Can See the Parallels in Nevada wrote: > On 8/28/13, anon wrote: > >> You've hit the nail right on the head. The gangsters who > control > >> our federal government politicians are making education policy as > >> a part of their plan to pilfer the public treasury for profit. > >> > >> The Common Core is actually Bill Gates' idea--not teachers, not > >> state and federal legislators. Bill Gates. A billionaire whose > >> fortune was based on peddling monopoly software is dictating > >> education policy. > >> > >> What he and his ilk want to do, unless they are stopped, is turn all > >> public schools into online academies, with no teachers at all > >> working with students, only teacher aides with minimal amounts of > >> education. After all, these billionaires and neoliberals think > >> education is a waste of money and resources on the masses, so > >> teachers are considered a waste of money. > >> > >> Having an informed citizenry means nothing to these cretins; they > >> think they are better than everybody else. > > > > This is the reason why CCSD under DWIGHT JONES wanted the State > Legislature to repeal the law that computer based teaching did not have > to be proctored by CERTIFIED TEACHERS. They could import people from > third world countries for $18,000 a year to sit in these computer labs > while the owners laugh all the way to the bank. (Bill Gates, Jeb Bush, > Bloomberg, Rupert Murdoch). These guys don't have enough money. I > guess they need it all in order to be happy. It is an obsessive > compulsive disorder, aka GREED. Jeb Bush OWNS a computer based teaching > company. What a coincidence. Do not be surprised if Jones owned STOCK > in one of these companies. > > > > You can see the organized agenda. It all fits together. Get rid of > seniority. Due process. Unrealistic evaluations. Teach for America, > three years of teaching and out, vouchers, getting rid of step > increases, getting rid of pay raises for advanced degrees, large class > sizes. > > > > > > > > > > >

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