Posted on 01/26/2013 5:05:09 AM PST by wintertime
The Common Core Standards are an educational reform movement initiated by the National Governors Assocation and intended to standardize the educational curricula of the states around a "coomon core" of knowledge required to function in modern society. Put that way, the initiative sounds fine, but as if often the case with educaitonal reforms, Common Core proponents have relied on bafflement and obfuscation to shut down inquiry by the paying public into the very political process of putting the initiative into action -- a process monetarily supported by private education corporations. Common Core tests (those used in Oklahoma were developed by a number of individuals and states in a consortium called PARCC; Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) are to be computer adaptive, leaving the paper and pencil tests of yesteryear behind in a cloud of perceived ineffectual dust. Due to their technologically intensive nature, concerns have been raised in a number of quarters over their costs, in no small part due to the technology necessary to administer the tests.
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I find this article intriguing. The local school system that I have children in are definitely looking and are presently implementing laptops for high school freshmen and iPads for elementary children. Once complete with their education - the students keep the devices.
This is the 1st step into a larger scheme of maneuver. Once the technology is in place for all students (this area is undergoing a shift of people leaving due to non-jobs - lacking economic infrastructure) - they are looking at students only going to school like a college campus would have one go - like a MON/WED/FRI - schedule to where TUES and THUR will have the students stay home (who’s going to take care of them) or go to some sort of eLearning center to log-in, eat lunch, have some sort of over watch - while the parents work - but they will be able to continue to download/upload assignments - and will be self-motivated to complete their work. Basically, technology will replace the multitude of teachers down to just a core. They are looking at having large rooms where the students sit in front of their technology devices and learn - kinda like the movie - Wall-E where the people float around on chairs facing a flat screen while digesting liquid nourishment! Resulting in obese and UN-enlightened people.
At any rate - I see private sectors popping up to where children can go and get the same “home school” education from both person and technology in private eLearning Centers using programs like K12 - which is actually covered by a public school system and teacher.
So - who knows - but I do know, that the traditional classroom set-up is failing - over crowded - children have no common sense - no direction - rude - lack basic values - think more highly of Hollywood stars than they do about US history - and create false self-esteem online - only to discover that when they graduate - they aren’t so special and have no skills to be competitive in the global or national market.
These are all personal observations and actual facts - see what plans your school system has in place — a big conference was just held in Tampa, Fl covering this exact situation!!!
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These are very interesting observations.
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This is generally fine with the teachers because it keeps the little hellions out of real mischief.
It would be far better to remove the computers and calculators (which now also have games) from the schools.
Brains before processors.
but I do know, that the traditional classroom set-up is failing - over crowded - children have no common sense - no direction - rude - lack basic values - think more highly of Hollywood stars than they do about US history - and create false self-esteem online - only to discover that when they graduate - they aren’t so special and have no skills to be competitive in the global or national market.
This is the part that I don't get. Why subject children to failing, overcrowded schools that will not provide the education they need?
“Common core” is the new Gleichschaltung.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichschaltung
This NOT a Godwin’s Law violation, the analogy is completely appropriate.
Is that clear enough for you. As YOU have said more times than I care to count it is a clear violation of netiquitte to not ping someone when you comment on their posts.
It is not really a good idea to use any word or acronym that is likely to be unfamiliar to your audience, with certain narrow exceptions. It is incumbent on the author to convey his thoughts clearly and unambiguously.
English are a remarkably expressive and precise language. It even has words for authors who blame their audience for not comprehending their message.
As I see it - the overcrowding is the result of low employment - or lack there of. Think about it. Say a city has 5 big factories, over time, and due in part to local and federal govt taxes/regulations - 3 of those factories shut down and leave. They end regular unemployment for those that come out of high school (majority of workers) - the support personnel (engineers, craftsman, skilled, college educated), and what ever taxes they were putting into the local economy (secondary employment: i.e WalMart, grocery, restaurants, etc.) - the schools housed their kids - but when a large segment went out of work - most choose to follow the work elsewhere - or move to places that had similar positions - the kids went with.
Now the school board has a huge loss of state funded revenue for public schools - and now have to shut 2 of the 5 elementary schools they have - move those students in already pressing classrooms uping the number per class - but those teachers from those schools are now out of work - plus the support personnel - so they must move to seek work for their skill set...
A ripple effect. But the national education people - realize that schools all across the nation - are dealing with the same issues - so - technology is introduced - plans are drawn up to move the majority of students into eLearning centers - cut back on teachers and staff - and overall save money - while on the surface - making offers like, “keep your laptop or iPad” — but where’s the education in the end???
Yes - looking at it at the beginning looks sweet - it’s following the road to the end is where you come up on the junk yard...these school systems are trying to survive - so students are pushed into overcrowding - while the school structure, buildings, and other maintenance issues are pushed to the side - they are trying to wait it out...for what - I have no idea...some magical fairy that will make everything okay...President Spicoli isn’t coming — he’s too busy buying pizza!
Does this make sense?
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Indeed! I hadn’t considered the babysitting aspect ( for the teachers) of having computers in the schools.
Ultimately, though, it might lead to fewer jobs for teachers. Professional actors may be employed to play the role of teacher on professionally produced courses. The real teachers in the socialist-entitlement K-12 schools might be reduced to mere room monitors.
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Your posts very accurately describes the “education-industrial complex”.
Socialist-entitlement K-12 schooling is big business. In many counties ( such as the last two counties I lived in) socialist-entitlement schooling was the single largest employer in the county with the largest single payroll. No other business came even close to those government K-12 numbers.
So?...With so many sucking off the teat of the government socialist-entitlement school taxes, do you think this is an easy entrenchment to reform?
With so many socialist-entitlment school employees sitting in the pews do you think ministers will be willing to bite the hand putting money in the collection plate? By the way, I wonder how many ministers have spouses working for the schools?
Finally, Common Core will soon grow its cadre of Democrat-voting workers feeding, promoting, and upholding the education-industrial complex.
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