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To: JohnM who wrote (230546)	8/31/2013 2:59:24 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 543025

Yes. It is. Instead we get much sound and fury signifying nothing, based on dopey facts, and dopier conclusions.

To: JohnM who wrote (230546)	8/31/2013 3:04:48 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543025

And this might interest you, or it might not. But I'll bring it up anyway. We're going to the Common Core- full speed ahead (that bete noir of the ignorant and foolish right wing). It seems to me, after rewriting my lessons to include citations to how they meet the common core, versus my old citations to standards, that at least in English, the Common Core is very much what we were doing before (if we were doing a good job) or very much what we should have been doing- for the bad teachers out there. The Core seems aimed at getting lessons beyond the DOK (depth of knowledge) 1 and 2 questions (mere memorization and regurgitation, or simple operations level) and getting us to DOK 3 and 4. It turns out many of my lessons are 3 and 4, so I'm good. I never was operating much on the 1 and 2 level in my classes, but other teachers were, and I'm glad to see them get a boot in the backside. Is your district moving to the Core? Or did you already move there? Do you like what you see? I'm pleased because all the technology I teach will fit much better withing the core than it did within the Standards. And big projects fit MUCH better in the Core, and I like big involved entertaining projects- and so do my students.