COMMON CORE EDUCATION DOES NOTHING TO EDUCATE!

Submitted by: P McMillan

Common Core is Rotten Education The Daily Conspiracy Team There is something rotten in American education. It is called the Common Core State Standards Initiative, which claims it is "preparing America's students for success."   Nothing could be further from the truth. This snide lie hides the fact that the average person in the US is becoming increasingly ignorant, rather than knowledgeable, with a weak grasp of history, no basic math skills, and no ability to apply simple reason or logic. This trend in education is termed "dumbing down" by some critics.   On the surface, having a national education program for kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) that has a unified curriculum and measurable standards (metrics) sounds like a good idea. And it is. Just look at European countries like France and Germany which have had effective national standards for decades....More

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