But it's not accurate to say "over 100 diocese utilize a common core curriculum." There's no "curriculum" at this point, just state standards. That's bad, but it's not a whole hog adoption of a curriculum.
In my diocese, the Diocese of Knoxville, for instance, the Supt of Education (Sr. Mary Marta Abbott, RSM) insists that the Diocese will pick and choose what they want, and integrate it into the Diocese's already-established Catholic school curriculum. They've got to pay attention --- she says --- to the CCSS standards, because these will be the basis of the standardized testing AND the College Boards (SAT), which are being revised to match CCSS.
Sr. Abbott says there is a difference between "adopting", "adapting" or "integrating" into the larger curriculum the Catholic Schools have already designed on their own. She says they are by no means "adopting" CCSS, they are "adapting it" and "selectively integrating it".
Is this good enough. No, no way is it good enough. But it DOES meam that some Dioceses --- I think it's fair to say at least 50 of them --- have pulled back, or are pulling back, from just adopting CCSS tout court. They are not completely entrenched. They have no bought into the whole system--- certainly not the whole "curriculum". They are recognizing that there are concerns.
| Its OUR job to escalate those "concerns" to the point where the whole thing looks untenable. |
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Do not give the impression that it's a done deal, and it's too late to fight it. The time to fight it is while the wheel's still in spin. RIGHT NOW! |