Common Core State Standards Initiative Has Failed Precious Children and Families
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•	George Hall Elementary-Narrowed the achievement gap before CC BUT was destroyed after CC.  It was one of top four schools in the nation and won the Dispelling the Myth Award in 2009 for great results in an 80% minority school.  But today it is 559th in our state.
•	Time to Say No to Re-branding or Common Core like Standards-Math that sent men to the moon needs to be back, along with great literature and patriotic history.  
•	Time to quit using children for data mining and as lab rats for new better standards.  End the HARMS!

Joint Statement of Early Childhood Health and Education Professionals on the Common Core Standards Initiative
www.allianceforchildhood.org  Issued by the Alliance for Childhood March 2, 2010
WE HAVE GRAVE CONCERNS about the core standards for young children now being written by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers. The draft standards madepublic in January CONFLICT with compelling new research in cognitive science, neuroscience, child development, and early childhood education about how young children learn, what they need to learn.