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Showing Original Post only (View all)This Teacher's Alarming Resignation Letter Shows How Much Schools Have Changed Since You Were A Kid [View all]
http://www.businessinsider.com/susan-sluyters-resignation-letter-sums-up-common-core-concerns-2014-4***SNIP
Massachusetts, where Sluyter taught, has adopted new state curriculum frameworks aligned with the Common Core. Sluyter said her position came to rely more on data collection than teaching:
When I first began teaching more than 25 years ago, hands-on exploration, investigation, joy and love of learning characterized the early childhood classroom. Id describe our current period as a time of testing, data collection, competition and punishment. One would be hard put these days to find joy present in classrooms.
In addition to her published resignation letter, Sluyter has written a more extensive account listing issues she claims are negatively affecting public school classrooms as a result of new federal and state educational requirements. Her claims include:
Increased kindergarten assessments requiring teachers to leave the classroom.
Challenging literacy goals for kindergarteners, such as forming persuasive arguments from stories and giving examples in the text, which suck the joy out of reading.
Increasing academics in early childhood classrooms in place of playtime.
A teacher assessment system requiring teachers to document their success, which is time-consuming and involves arbitrary ratings.
Adoption of a new math curriculum more aligned with national standards, requiring many hours of additional teacher training although teachers are skeptical whether the new curriculum is an improvement over the previous one.
While Sluyter is certainly not alone in her concerns, there are some people who say universal standards for American schoolkids are not necessarily a terrible goal.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/susan-sluyters-resignation-letter-sums-up-common-core-concerns-2014-4#ixzz2y16wCMni
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xchrom
Apr 2014
OP
This is true. Education is an ECONOMIC issue (not just profitmaking for corprats) n/t
Triana
Apr 2014
#5
Business Profiteers making Educational and Education Psychological and Sociological Decisions
DhhD
Apr 2014
#3
Oh well of course you forgot to mention that in your dishonest rebuttal.
Warren Stupidity
Apr 2014
#75
I seriously doubt WarrenStupidity has kids in school being subjected to this madness.
FourScore
Apr 2014
#18
Have you seen how Common Core teaches math? I dont care who attacks it, its stupid. nt
7962
Apr 2014
#22
don't be condescending. I have kids in schools that been subjected this year to CC.
FourScore
Apr 2014
#69
CCSS are being disparaged by teachers, administrators, the right, and the left.
knitter4democracy
Apr 2014
#32
Not only that, there are now millions of dollars that were promised to schools in NY,
FourScore
Apr 2014
#46
I been saying it for years now. The RW will elminate Kindergarten becuase that's where kids learn
Dark n Stormy Knight
Apr 2014
#51