None of the eight reasons listed in your second link pertain to any standard, either. It has a nested link here:
"It’s a bad idea. Ignore the fact that specific Common Core State Standards will open up enough cans of worms to keep subject-matter specialists arguing among themselves forever."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...JB9W_blog.html
The link is a blog of a teacher complaining about an "exemplar," which is not a lesson, but an example of a lesson that meets common core standards. Again, no objection to any specific standard, just ideological out-freaking.
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