What is happening in American public education right now is alarming. That being said, the crisis/problems in public education did not suddenly develop with the introduction of the Common Core Standards. At a basic philosophical level, the problem stems from a failure to realize that education is the responsibility of parents – it is a … Continue reading The Problem with the Common Core Standards (and what NOT to do about it) →
and it has nothing to do with socialism or Usborne books. Do the Common Core Standards Flunk History? published on the History News Network, written by Craig Thurtell, a former teacher at Ardsley High School in Ardsley, New York. Well worth reading.
Common Core Standards have become the backdoor to a standard national curriculum. There is some slight chance that they will prove useful in a few small areas – the sequence of instruction for mathematics, perhaps. But this will likely be due to the broken clock phenomenon. The experts who brought us “New Math” in the … Continue reading The Common Core Standards for Dummies →
Just published – The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War! This is a worthy addition to the Politically Incorrect Guides. I’ve previously reviewed the Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization, and the Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature. First, a few caveats. Neither the book (nor this post) is an apology for … Continue reading The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War →
The Director's Blog – Rob Shearer, Francis Schaeffer Study Center, Mt. Juliet, TN