Common Core Leaves Teachers Out of the Equation

     While I see some things about the Common Core Curriculum that I think are positive, I fear that the author is correct about the movement "sinking" over time.  Common Core State Standards will become another example of an educational experiment that just didn't work the way the experts predicted it would work.  This is because the people who push these "one size fits all" programs at teachers and require them to teach according to a prescribed plan, don't take into account the fact that children aren't all alike.  In a perfect classroom, all twelve of my students would arrive each morning, well-rested and with full tummies, ready and eager to learn the information I have to deliver.  They would participate in class and remain on their best behavior at all times, get along with everyone in their cooperative group, and beg for work to take home so their learning could continue once they leave the school building. In the real world, in the majority of our very full classrooms, teachers are struggling with different achievement levels, students bringing problems from home to school, conflicts between students, and unmotivated children.  The Common Core does not address the difficulty of this task.  Until the real problems in education are taken into account, I do not believe that any program stands a chance of proving successful.