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In reply to the discussion: Obama needs to call Arne Duncan out for his new tactics for special education students. [View all]Android3.14
(5,402 posts)"Substituting Common Core for an IEP is what Duncan is trying to change." I challenege you to find evidence of this.
One, CC is a curriculum and set of standards whereas an IEP is a plan for specific techniques that caregivers and the student should use to intervene on behalf of a child. Your concern makes no sense, in the way that substituting a recipe for fajitas for and actual chocolate cake makes no sense.
There is zero evidence that, under CC, schools must apply expectations equally across the board. Certainly there have been some issues, but these are problems of application, rather than theory.
You watch. If CC continues, educators at all levels will see to it that the curriculum and practice reflects appropriately on the capabilities of the child.
Again, there is no policy stating that disabled children must meet the same academic standards.
The OP is misleading you by implying the government is abandoning classroom modifications to accommodate students with special needs by falsely connecting two aspects of education (CC and the pragmatic goal of challenging all students) to create a sense of panic, fear and outrage.