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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Common Core and Dr. Strangelove | Reclaim Reform

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Common Core and Dr. Strangelove

Have you ever seen the movie Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb? There is a scene where a wild-eyed gung-ho pilot joyfully rides a nuclear bomb to his own destruction – “Whoop-whooping!” in glee all the way. The whole bombing situation was due to a major screw-up, but he was unaware of it.
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Well, today there was an actual program (no photoshop) posted by someone on Facebook’s Opt Out of the State Test. Here is the cover of a school district’s program. Common Core Learning Standards: How will they impact my child’s instruction? uses an ironically similar image.
Common Core Dr Strangelove
Please notice that this program is printed with the same degree of care, planning and practical usefulness as as the invalid (70% failure rate) and unreliable (for-profit