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bluestateguy

(44,173 posts) Wed Jun 17, 2015, 06:41 PM Jun 2015

What is Bernie and Hillary's position on Common Core?

Neither of them have talked about it.

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What is Bernie and Hillary's position on Common Core? (Original Post) bluestateguy Jun 2015 OP

And Martin's? KamaAina Jun 2015 #1

Oh yeah, him too bluestateguy Jun 2015 #3

Theory vs. practice HassleCat Jun 2015 #2

Bernie Sanders quotes about education PowerToThePeople Jun 2015 #4

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

1. And Martin's?

Reply to bluestateguy (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 06:50 PM

Jun 2015

He was, after all, a governor.

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)

3. Oh yeah, him too

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 06:55 PM

Jun 2015

Fine.

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)

2. Theory vs. practice

Reply to bluestateguy (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 06:50 PM

Jun 2015

The parents I know like the idea of common core, but feel it's badly implemented. There is also the underlying problem of No Child's Behind Left Untouched.

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)

4. Bernie Sanders quotes about education

Reply to bluestateguy (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 07:01 PM

Jun 2015

http://edexcellence.net/articles/bernie-sanders-quotes-about-education

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Sanders talks more about higher education than K–12 schooling. Aside from voting against an anti-Common Core amendment back in March, he hasn’t said anything about the controversial standards. And I couldn’t find any reference to school choice. Nevertheless, he hasn’t been silent:

(snip)

Standardized testing: “Promote creative learning by doing away with 'fill-in-the-bubble' standardized tests, and instead evaluate students based their understanding of the curriculum and their ability to use it creatively.” May 2015.

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