| Alice Walton has written an important article in Forbes about the controversy over Common Core. By the time you finish the article, you realize that there is no science behind the Common Core. It is a cultural product, written by a small number of people who believe strongly in rigor and who see no problem either with standardization of children, as if they were widgets, or with setting cognitive demands beyond the reach of many--or most--young children. The article addresses three questions? Are the standards developmentally appropriate? Is the problem with the standards caused by standardized testing? She interviewed several eminent experts in the field of early childhood education who agreed that the standards are NOT developmentally appropriate for young children. Get the facts about the common core.... |
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