common core

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A new survey done by LSU finds that Louisiana voters are becoming less comfortable with the idea of Common Core in our state's schools.

Talk about a hot topic! Here in SOWELA, lines have been drawn and people have staunchly taken sides on this issue. People have addressed the school board and let their feelings known about 'Common Core' as well as standardized testing, but I'm willing to bet that very few have been as eloquent as this young lady...

On Friday, we put up a poll relating to the very controversial 'Common Core.' The question was quite simple: 'Is it time to dump common core.' Thanks for your responses. The results of the poll leave little doubt as to how folks in the Lake Area view common core.

If you haven't seen the billboards around the area, here's a sample of one. The issue of Common Core has been a hot one for several months know and people are very divided when it comes to the topic. As usual, we want to know your opinion. Our Question is: 'Is it Time to Dump Common Core?'

It seems that Common Core is going to happen whether if we want it or not. The Calcasieu parish School board is launching a web site to help students with Common Core homework.

You can't tell the players without a program. Here is the latest on the very hot topic of Common Core.

You think this issue is hot enough? Common Core, the standardized testing that has made headlines for several months in a row, will land Governor Bobby Jindal in court.

Right now, the State of Louisiana is in a program called Common Core and , as I understand it, teachers are not fond of it. The teachers argue that Common Core will turn students into a generation of test takers with no practical experience and that could very well be the case. the only arguement, as I see it, from BESE is that, 'it's what were doing and we have to keep doing what were doing.' Oop