From New Hampshire: A few college faculty members are alarmed by the lowered standards that Common Core is bringing. I am one. I taught college English for twenty years and have researched Common Core for the last three years. I know that the project-based learning, the replacement of extensive reading and papers with group discussions on selective snippets, the replacement of literary classics with “informational texts” and videos, and the diversion from writing to “speaking and listening skills” will make students even less prepared to do the work of a traditional English class. Some in the sciences are alarmed, too. One professor of nursing at a mid-size college in the Southeast expressed to me her frustration with new Common Core-aligned science standards, which are adopted “voluntarily” and were slipped into her state. They are so lacking in real scientific rigor that she calls them “science appreciation.” But this nursing professor cannot get her colleagues to understand what is at stake.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 01:38:38 +0000
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