But there are great teachers out there who believe wholeheartedly that this whole package is a very serious injustice to our children.
Unfortunately, many of them believe that the only way they can make a real statement about Common Core is to actually quit their jobs.
Other teachers fear sharing their concerns at all:
But since most teachers cannot afford to quit their jobs, and most are fearful about speaking out, they must find other ways to protest. For example, just last week:
The public school system in Torrington was investigating whether nearly dozens of teachers called in sick on a day they were supposed to learn about the state's Common Core standards.
Fifty teachers, or a sixth of our teaching staff, called out for the day...
The district said only two teachers have made up the missed training. It said it was limited to any penalties it can impose on them.
Our teachers care.
But enough that in the fall they will turn out in record-breaking numbers to vote out Governor Malloy, who spent 2012 as the Chairman of the National Governor's Association's Education and Workforce Committee; the NGA being one of the two groups that set this whole thing in motion?
I'm hopeful, since Twitter users are claiming they will under #foolsout.
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