The New York Times reports that 27 states are planning to adopt the set of national standards developed by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) — standards being backed by the Obama administration with federal funds. … National standards — “federal norms” for what’s taught in your local school, as the Times puts it — represent a massive change in American education. Yet there has been virtually no public or legislative debate about this federal takeover. … The problem, ultimately, is that these national standards and tests are a distraction from [...]
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I have a lot of friends who send their kids to the government run public schools; their reasoning for keeping their children in public schools generally fall into one of these: 1. I can’t teach my children a specific subject. 2. My school/class is fine; my children’s teachers are Christians. 3. I teach at home to make up for and counter the academic and worldview shortfalls of public school. 4. My children provide a witness to those around them in their public school. For the first objection, I would just say this: it’s better to do a second rate [...] |
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