Special Ed teacher alarmed at amount of testing as she returns to public schools after 6 years.

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3. It's not a popular opinion, but I think Federal directives have hurt the most.

Many want more federal money to go to schools, but then when it happens don't like the conditions that come with it.

It's a vicious cycle, NCLB, RTTP, Common Core.

I don't mind Common Core as a concept as it attempts to bring some uniformity to the 50 states, but then when we go to implement it other hell breaks loose, like resistance to new AP SS.History materials.

http://www.newsweek.com/whats-driving-conservatives-mad-about-new-history-course-264592

It's like herding cats, to get everybody on board and then there's Texas, good grief.

Sometimes I think block grants with few strings and targeted goals not based on testing is the best the federal government can do, otherwise it seems to be like pouring money into a sieve and keeping career reforms fully employed.

Sheesh!