Posted on 11/03/2013 7:11:24 AM PST by rktman
A national effort to unify education standards across America and help American children compete more effectively with students in better-performing nations is actually a dumbing-down of America’s schools, takes away local control, handcuffs good teachers and opens the door for ideological manipulation of our kids.
Common Core was developed in recent years as a means of establishing nationwide learning standards, and the vast majority of states signed on, even before the standards were spelled out. And critics of the plan say the emerging reality of Common Core is far different from what was promised.
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Sometimes I think they’d literally jump off a bridge or cliff to keep somebody else from doing it. At the same time though, a lot of them will attempt the stupidest stunts I have ever seen or heard about.
“At the same time though, a lot of them will attempt the stupidest stunts...”
...a lot of those same people will attempt the stupidest stunts...
It's got what plants crave.
But this one goes to 11.
People have to get out there and vote in every local and state level educational position there is and that includes university elections where applicable.
Nothing bothers me more than knowing how few conservatives bothered to vote in those elections last time around.
Aside form one commie history teacher who was using Howard Zinn’s book (which his students mainly scoffed at), I used to look at the kid’s books when I coached HS baseball for thee seasons. For the most part I was satisfied with the curriculum. I thought the school’s administration were the really screwed up element in their overall educational picture. Such as the one’s who would even have approved the use of Zinn’s “book”.
A lot of, if not most administrators have never even set foot in a classroom, except in college, or to “evaluate” those who actually teach.
Admittedly the quality of education is a huge problem today. But I can’t help but think that a lot of the root could be gotten at by requiring administrators to have spent a few years in the classroom actually teaching, before they can step into the lofty atmosphere from where they’d otherwise look down on those who are actually suppose to make things work.
This is detailed planning which incorporates incompetence as it's base.
The ultimate goal of Common Core and Obamacare is to prepare us all to accept their Marxist paradise, whether we like it or not.
Kids born into such a situation are much more easily influenced by the state, however.
Here’s an example. From a UC Davis horse study:
http://www.thehorse.com/articles/32773/horses-shade-preferences-evaluated
Guess what? Horses prefer shade on hot summer days. And if they don’t get it they drink more water.
This is not a joke, folks.
Where do I submit my grant application? There’s lots of wild horses in the Reno area that I could study to show how they search out shaded areas when it gets a little toasty out. Or search out some of that thirst quenching water.
Schools producing more dummies than ever?
Proof see blue states.
Issuing condoms, sending out overweight notices and feeding Moo slop is more important than the 3Rs.
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