Lately there has been a lot of stink (so much stink) over the subject of Common Core in public schools. When I first heard of this, it was, for a very short while, the focus of certain folks with the intent to make it into the new petty little molehill for people who are bored with their lives to be outraged over, calling it "Obama Core."
Today, I see people posting links like these:
http://rare.us/story/watch-common-core-take-56-seconds-to-solve-96/
So what then. Am I supposed to be up in arms now that schools are teaching kids problem solving, or that someone Obama has something to do with it?
Now, I haven't read anything into it. I know nothing about Common Core. I ask them what exactly the problem is with Common Core, and I cannot get a real answer. "It doesn't make- make- let kids have special assignments! All the kids have to have the same thing ... same assignments and learn at the same pace!"
"Are you trying to say there are no more gifted type classes?" I ask.
"No. I don't know."
Long story short. It's bad because Obama, public schools are evil, and the evening news needed something to bait their attention with. I still haven't read anything at all about Common Core. How far off am I?