Milgram, who was on the CCSS Validation Committee for math, stated that by 8th grade children would be 2 years behind their peers internationally. She had many suggestions and concerns with the standards, which were never addressed. She did a short interview available on Youtube.
I agree, that the most important issue is the federal takeover of local education. But, from my research, the only way to get rid of the more incidious aspects of Common Core, is to get rid of Common Core entirely.
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There are a lot of smart people in Tennessee who could come up with a better plan than this federal takeover. I would love to speak with you about how we can get information out to homeschoolers about Common Core. I agree that the biggest issue is one of tyranny and control. But, I disagree that the standards themselves are innocuous. One MIGHT be able to make the case that the math and ELA standards are so, but no one can claim that about the science and history standards which are coming. In fact, the science standards have already been written.
States can use the NGSS, as they are using the CCSS in English language arts and mathematics, to align curriculum, instruction, assessment, and professional preparation and development. To read their website, one would think that they just had our best interests at heart, but one knows full well that secret poison is best given disguised as sugar and candy.
We have to fight CCSS on all points, not just one. I will be watching developments there closely. Which of the history standards do you find objectionable? The Standards for grades are already out and can be reviewed on the Common Core website: I have spent countless hours researching Common Core. I am a public school teacher.
I am committed to taking CC down by defunding this curriculum in our state.
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The collection of metadata is, I believe, the true motivation of the CC creators. I posted the perils of this data collection on my blog, and my investigation continues. That would be difficult, if not impossible. The Common Core standards include a large number of basic reading and learning skills. If a curriculum did not use any of them, it would hardly be worth purchasing.
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There are plenty of different types of curriculum you can buy that are not common core and ARE worth buying. What he said is simply not true. We were free to write our own standards. We were not fooled by the carrot-stick-Race-to-the-Top federal grants offered to cash-strapped states. All the other states had signed onto the standards by , before they were even written! The Gates Foundation and others were promoting them in conjunction with the feds. Jim Milgram refused to sign off on the math standards and Sandra Stotsky refused to sign off on the English standards, partly for that reason—they will not produce excellence in academic performance.
Textbooks are being redesigned. Some companies used by homeschooling parents are supposedly going out of business because of the costs of retooling the curricular programs. Teacher training materials are being redesigned.
Of course, teacher training programs are being redesigned, as well. The only solution is to stop Common Core. How we stop buying textbooks that have been redesigned to follow Common Core will be a big issue. Rick Perry just signed a bill last week prohibiting any Texas school from using Common Core curriculum, materials and training programs. Dallas and Houston fell for it. It will take strong citizens and state leaders to buck them off our backs.
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The hope is that colleges and universities will turn away from using SAT and ACT scores as a primary method to measure incoming students. One of my daughters has 3 different disabilities in addition to some emotional disorders. She would most likely have been placed in a classroom where she would have never been able to flourish and overcome her learning disorders as she has been allowed to do at home. I agree with your article that there is a bigger issue than the standards, but from what I see most homeschoolers I talk to oppose the actual standards bc they are developmentally inappropriate for many kids.
Most people homeschool to individualize education and the standards, well I suppose most standards do that. But as a homeschooler, depending on your state that is not a concern. I have yet to hear anyone say they agree with the actual standards in the homeschool world. For the reasons you listed and the standards themselves which were not written by actual teachers or educators.
The way this came about was probably the biggest red flag of all. You raise some great insights to this issue. You make an excellent point about the problem of a one-size-fits-all curriculum. It interests me that the opposition to the Common Core is considered something only conservatives are against. I, and most of liberal homeschooling and public schooling counterparts, including teachers, are opposed to the Common Core because it strips teachers of the ability to adapt teaching to students needs and passions.
It reduces education to a script rather than a dynamic and living form of ongoing learning. As a homeschooler I am more interested in how the Common Core standards affect the way in which I must teach or report on the education my children receive at home. Opposition to the Common Core is indeed very broad-based and crosses the usual ideological divides. There are many sound, non-political reasons, to oppose the imposition of common core as a compulsory, national standard.
As you point out, it strips teachers of the ability to adapt to students needs and interests. Education has always been a state and local initiative, under state and local control.
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Nationalizing the curriculum is a very bad idea. Though I am not homeschooling mom I love to read homeschooling blogs, As I was homeschooled when I was young. I read the blog to remember my parents how they would have homeschooled me and my siblings and I think what would be the difficulties they would have faced. Thanks for sharing the blog. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Factors to be understood. The Facts About the Standards.
The standards themselves, however, are not inherently offensive or even controversial. What You Should Do. Economics and the Human Person.
The Way We Were. June 12, at 8: May 9, at 9: May 15, at 9: Kedrann I think part of the problem with Homeschoolers is the overwhelming task of sifting through all of the cirriculum options for content. August 16, at 8: December 16, at June 12, at 9: Lynda Altman Thank you for this wonderful commentary. Crystal While the majority of the standards are innocuous as you say, they have sneaked in a few that are code words for some things I seriously disagree with.
June 12, at June 21, at 6: Brenda Causey I will have to respectfully disagree. June 12, at 6: Can you point me to examples of standards that are offensive? Ellen Gerwitz Hello, I agree that the biggest issue is one of tyranny and control. June 13, at 9: Jenny Right I have spent countless hours researching Common Core. June 13, at 3: September 4, at 3: Rebekah Sundvall There are plenty of different types of curriculum you can buy that are not common core and ARE worth buying. May 10, at We have much to do! Most Popular in Math. Most Popular in Online Programs.
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