Iowa Core

After exploring the website of the Iowa Core, I left with mixed feelings.  Although the web casts sound like great ideas, it makes me think about the reality of these goals.  In my opinion, the Iowa Core combines all students into the same category, with the same expectations and goals.  Although this would be ideal, I do not believe it is realistic.  I believe a more realistic approach, but more time consuming, would be for each student to have their own academic goals.  All students come from very diverse backgrounds, some may have little to no education motivation at home, while others have parent assistance on their homework.  Some students' family may have finical limitations, or come from a very different culture than the rest of the class.  All of these influences are factors of education for the student.  I believe it is vital for teachers to see each student as their own unique individual.  With that said, I believe Iowa Core is important for teachers to have so they have a general guideline of what their students should be learning and gathering from the lessons.  However, although there are listed concepts and skills, how many students in the classroom need to obtain these concepts and skills before the class is ready to move on to the next lesson? 50%, 70%, 100%?