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Seems only a portion of the town was invited to the "town hall":  probably the portion who happened to be supporters of Agran and Krom and on their mailing list.  The timing of it (just two days before the School Board meeting), who was invited (Agran/Krom supporters), the content ("here's why...

The real question is:  If Site B is chosen, will kids get to ride on the big, orange balloon for free? Call this the Great Balloondoggle Part II? ~$200M later for the Great Park and counting... at least we have the orange balloon.  Now we'll be needing ~$260M for one building, the 5th high...

Good to see that we agree.

"up school requirements"?  If you've been reading up on this, you'll see that the requirements are clearly "down" compared to California's (and Massachusetts' and Texas' and other states') existing requirements.  California passed a law in February to "down" the requirements for Algebra to to...

http://www.iusd.org/homeschool/ Anyone have kids in this IUSD-sponsored program or other homeschool programs? We just recently discovered this as it sort of flies under the radar, but seems like a decent option -- all the materials are free and they have weekly all-day sessions for kids to...

Actually, this is in our control and we should lose sleep about the future of our young people, even those who do not have school-aged kids -- our children are our future.  There are federal lawsuits already pending on this and parents, schools and states are fighting back around the country...

And for parents who want to learn the truth about Common Core, watch this video series which is pretty good:http://www.educationstrategiesgroup.org/common-core-part1/ These three moms maintain a site which is pretty up to date on the latest protests around the...

You are right, but that wasn't 7th grade.  FYI, Common Core starts in Kindergarten. 

Thanks for sharing this.  They are "committed to trying"?  As Yoda said, "Do or Do not. There is no try." California is so committed that, after 15 years of having algebra in 8th grade, they passed legislation in February abandoning this to join the lower Common Core standards.  Even if Algebra...

More like "SpyNet."  Actually, it is called the "Shared Learning Collaborative (SLC)" aka "inBloom"... yep, sounds like SkyNet.  It is mostly funded by Bill Gates, so of course you know it must be hack-proof.  And Gates, as a college drop-out, is of course an expert on "college ready"...

Since you are posting on Talk Irvine, you must also be OK with the NSA reading all your email and scanning all your data as well?  =) Realize this is probably tongue-in-cheek (that's why our kids won't go near those sites), but to answer your question... Most of the terms of use of those...

School districts in some states may have the right to opt out of Common Core (see the article in our prior post about the school district in Louisana opting out).  Let's see what California Dept. of Education says on that.  Was Irvine consulted before the CA governor signed on to Common Core? ...

Just look at how it is panning out in the other states where it has been implemented like Lousiana, New York, Kentucky and Delaware. The scores are going down and parents, teachers and even whole school districts are not happy, many are wanting out.  Petitions to stop Common Core are popping up...

From what we understand, Algebra will not even be on the annual Common Core tests until the 9th grade and these do not even start until 2015 in California.  So, are you saying that an individual school district, like Irvine, can allow student advancement based on passing certain assessments? ...

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For more complicated problems, there may not be anything wrong with showing the logic or showing the work used to get the answer.  But this should not count more than getting the correct answer. We read somewhere where a Common Core kid was supposed to describe how he got the answer for...

If you get a straight answer from the teacher, would you post here to let us know?  He/she probably doesn't know yet. Anything that depends on Star test will have to wait a year or two, or they'll have to use something else.  Interestingly, in Common Core moves Algebra I from 8th grade (where...

Probably not right away, but it seems every school is different.  Seems many details on how the money will be spent in California and in Irvine are still to be decided.  Even prior to Common Core, though, we understand that some Tustin schools already do more on computers than our school in...

Hi qwerty.  Thanks to our state government (with the exception of those who voted "no" on AB 484), it effectively flushes about 15 years worth of scores down the toilet.  Every school in CA just got to hit the big "Reset" button.  This year, we have nothing... no scores. With Common Core...