jail and the common core?

I am so happy to have found this site and am able to find teachers who are speaking out against this new agenda.  I can only imagine what it must be like in public schools having to implement  this, imagine the incredible madness in having this implemented in a school in a correctional setting.  Most of the young men are from areas where the schools are failing in direct proportion to the communities in disrepair.  These core standards will not address mass incarceration nor the failure of communities.  The standards and tests will not benefit my students if their needs are not addressed and poverty/violence is their reality.