Failure

I'm starting to realize more than ever that common core sets kids up to fail. I completely understand that they want the standards more rigorous and they want kids to learn more. I have no problem with that. However the amount of work they expect a 4th grader to do is insane! The way they want them to learn it is also insane. Once we start building up a topic, boom, we go to the next one. We have a pacing guide we have to follow in order to get to every topic before the big test at the end of the year. Some kids get the information quickly. Others will never get it. We do the best we can to tutor those students but we still have to move on. It's sad to see them so lost and scary to see what will happen to those kids in the future.