| "It's easy to get lost in the big picture or the strained minutia of Common Core, so let's for a moment just focus on one simple, clear, fatal flaw in the CCSS. If your civilian friends can't understand anything else about the fuss, help them understand this.The Common Core State Standards are set in stone. Let's really, really look at this, because it's an aspect of the Core that civilians tend to assume is just not true. ) There is NO process for review and revision. Because But the Core are copyrighted- if you want to use them, you must do so with not a single change. States may add up to 15% on top of what's there, but they may not rewrite the CCSS in any way, shape, form, jot, tittle, or squib. States cannot adjust the standards a little to suit themselves. They cannot adapt them to fit local needs. They can't touch them. there is NO process for review and revision. |



