“The schools
[utilizing Common Core]… are organized in a highly centralized government-run
system. They [Common Core courses] have the following characteristics in
common: they are overwhelmingly secular in orientation; a common school is
provided through at least grades seven or eight; little or no tuition charge is
made; schools are mostly coeducational; the curricula are tightly prescribed,
as are the textbooks...students are offered few electives…”
Sound
familiar? Although this sounds like Common Core, with the exception of the
inserted text, it’s actually a description from “Common Features of
Education System in Communist Nations.” Common Core is a top-down national
curriculum currently being forced on our public schools that attempts to treat
every student exactly the same regardless of ability. It is reminiscent of the
slogan popularized by Karl Marx, “From each according to his ability, to each
according to his need,” which means no matter how hard someone works, or how
intelligent they are, everyone will be treated the same. But due to flaws
inherent in human nature, such as laziness and greed, this slogan is incapable
of ever becoming reality, and attempts to implement it have resulted in the
deaths of millions in Stalinist Russia and Mao Tse-Tung's China......To ReadMore.....
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