I have a theory that Common Core was designed to change children’s perception of their parents as reliable sources of knowledge. Children’s reliance on their parents has always been an impediment for the indoctrination efforts of those who manipulate school curriculum. So the shift to Common Core meant parents couldn’t help students with their homework -it opened a crack in the doorway to letting ideologically driven curriculum usurp parent’s roles. So children stop thinking that teachers help them learn things their parents already learned; instead they believe that their parents knowledge is faulty and they must ask schools to help them shape a newer, more accurate world view.
For some, it lowered the age at which children start thinking their parents are clueless. :)
And they also have the SOL testing. If the kids pass the country is “sh!t outof luck”...
You make great sense. Sad sense, but great sense.
Years ago Hitlery was involved, IIRC during the Klintoon president years, with an organization about “Childrens’ Rights” so they could dictate to the parents and basically be beyond parental control legally.
Plus Klintoon’s proposed Education Secretary (can’t remember name or if he got confirmed0 wrote an Op-Ed that I read, in which he proposed 12 hour a day public schools, 6 months old through 12th grade, for 6 days a week and also, IIRC, no summer vacation.
Sounds insane but I remember reading it and practically having a heart attack.
Your theory may be viable as a construct of the elite, powers-that-be who dictate what/how/when teachers must teach in the classroom.
However, I am still blessed to work in a public school system that acknowledges me as a professional and allows me to teach. Yes, I am held accountable for teaching the state standards, but my classroom is mine.
I tell my students and parents that there are numerous ways to solve problems. I am elated when parents actually sit down with their children and assist them with assignments. Can’t tell you how many times a problem has been solved in a way I never thought about - I am always learning, too!
BTW ~ I have read many studies that suggest homework has minimal impact upon learning, which is why I assign only 5 homework problems each week. Those problems relate to previously taught skills, and students may turn in their work for me to check, make comments for corrections, and help them to understand when they ask questions. The final work must be turned in each Friday. The majority of my students do not bother... School board policy is that homework can account for no more than 10% of a grade.