So Scott Walker has called on the legislature to repeal the CCSS, and put in its place our own rigorous standards, "set by the people of Wisconsin." A politcal move - perhaps/surely, a move for the good of education - doubtful, a move we should make - I don't think so.
To be clear I am not a CCSS fan - there are too many standards in high school and we drive down too much math too soon in middle school. We are not training teachers properly and it is causing problems. But....
We need to realize, that Wisconsin is not single nation but a state in this nation which is a collection of states that make a republic, a democracy. And it is the populate that makes that democracy - an educated populate.
And we, the teachers in all states, need to have a guideline that we run to - that is the CCSS. Now am I hoping for version 2.0 (we should have 2.0 done already and should be looking for 3.0). But just calling on Wisconsin to remove themselves from the CCSS is not the solution -- we have made 3 years of investment, we should be tweaking - not throwing it out.
Personally - it is hardest for me when I get the emails saying "see, another program started and not finished." And they may be correct. Heck, we did not even get to testing (not that standardized tests prove anything).
And here we are quickly moving down the path of making the ROD teachers correct (ROD = Retired-On-Duty). The "We have seen this before" gang - no need to change it will go away. No need to use data or worry about improving. [Lucky my school is void of RODs]
It is a sad for education, it is sad for our political system -- we are making children's education a pawn of politics. We need to stop having new documents and programs and just have continous improvement on what is there. We need standards - but they should be living - not cut in stone.
But here we go again...
http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/scott-walker-calls-on-legislature-to-repeal-common-core-in/article_1db9265d-2257-5a43-9603-3e3d73b1c3a7.html
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