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Post by USCGME2 on Sept 12, 2015 16:39:57 GMT -7
Saw a fundraiser on TV last night with a bunch of stars called Think It Up. It was some sort of celeb fundraiser for education. Must have been a big deal cause it aired on ABC, NBC, and CBS. Didnt watch much of it but wanted to know ur thoughts about the charity? I kinda took it as a big push for com core.
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Post by angelhelp on Sept 12, 2015 17:20:30 GMT -7
Until you mentioned it, I'd never heard of it. We haven't had tv in several years now. Did the money raised go to a particular school or a particular kind of school? To a particular demographic of student? To a particular program?
If you felt it was a push for CC, it likely was. Anything else would go against the current grain. I'm lucky that my own subjects aren't as dominated by CC as math, for instance, but music and art are definitely victimized by it. Once upon a time I could count on 5th grade to understand fractions well enough to compute musical time. Fractions have been pushed to the very end of 5th grade, so a "grokked" understanding of time signatures isn't possible now until 6th grade... assuming they haven't forgotten 5th grade math over the summer AND that fractions are being properly taught. From what I'm seeing in 4th grade math homework (from the student who comes to me after school) this year, the emphasis is on reading 6-digit numbers correctly, writing them in both words and digits, with special attention to decimal place. I hope this is preparation for long division, but in my own transition into 4th grade, the times tables (only up to twelves) were drilled and reviewed first. My after-school student is badly in need of such a review in class. Nothing about the "math facts" is automatic yet, and it's with the times tables that 3rd grade instruction ended.
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Post by angelhelp on Sept 12, 2015 17:37:25 GMT -7
Take a look at thinkitup.org and read their faqs. Public and charter schools are eligible. Students must be 13+, in 7th grade or higher. Projects are crowdfunded.
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