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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Missouri Education Watchdog: Teachers Sing about "Common Core Magic". Are They Under a Spell?

Missouri Education Watchdog: Teachers Sing about "Common Core Magic". Are They Under a Spell?:

Teachers Sing about "Common Core Magic". Are They Under a Spell?

Teachers appear once more on youtube singing about Common Core standards. This version from South Dakota is described as a...Blues song written collaboratively by Scott Simpson and South Dakota 9-12 English Language Arts teachers working on disaggregating and implementing the new Common Core State Standards.

According to the song, teachers have the "Common Core Blues", feel stressed out and confused, but ultimately, they know the standards are the answer to educational woes.

Read the lyrics and remember, teachers, taxpayers and students have been sold out by the politicians, unions and special interests to get these standards adopted. As professionals, teachers should be rising up and refusing to be trained in unproven,