Opting for the Joys of Childhood
Think for another moment: How many academic failures did you experience in elementary school? Surely, we all must have failed at some things. But was your academic existence framed by failure? Did 2/3 of your class ever fail the year? If it had, what do you think parents might have said about the teacher? And, how many calls do you think the principal might have received to keep kids out of that class?
Common Core now teaches all our children. You can call the principal, but there's no way out of the class unless you can afford tuition at an elite institution like those to which many "reformers" choose to send their own children. Instead of easing students into higher standards, the Common Core academically slaughters. Students are the carnage. The good news is you can OPT OUT of NYC Educator: Opting for the Joys of Childhood:
