re: Common core continues to indoctrinate the young, with bogus history

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Its up to parents to monitor what content is being taught.

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Perhaps. Then again, that puts many of the kids CC is intended to help, at risk instead.

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Posted by LSU2001 One of hone best history professors I ever had at LSU was Gaines Foster. In his course the new south he routinely has us read two books back to back that discussed the same events and time period from vastly different perspectives. I found that to be a very effective method to show that depending on your place in said events, the interpretation could be very different. History is not a collection of facts or dates, history is a telling of events and being able to critically examine the author's interpretation is key to understanding the events.

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Which books?

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Its up to parents to monitor what content is being taught.

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You cannot monitor what you cannot see or hear. I cannot comment on Common Core, but re: CSCOPE, parents were originally not given access to the lesson plans, supposedly due to “intellectual property concerns.” It was hidden in a veil of secrecy. CSCOPE has been strategically rebranded as TEKS Resource System.

Here are some comments from reviewers on the committee formed by the Texas SBOE:
On the lack of transparency:“Some of our most qualified reviewers felt handicapped in their work due to not having the full documentation with the supplemental addendum of supporting aids included with the CSCOPE lesson plan materials.”

“Other than handouts, posters, computer research of undeterminable content or material written on the board, unless the student is allowed to bring all the material disseminated in a class home, it is impossible to know what “history” is being learned or for that matter, being taught. This is the greatest drawback of not having textbooks. At least with textbooks, a parent could read what the student is required to read. This brings me to the obvious: the student doesn’t have to read. Reading stimulates the brain and requires discipline. Effective reading is essential to be successful in virtually all careers. CSCOPE has tossed reading out the window in favor of group chit-chat sessions where the students are expected to teach the students."

On the US Government curriculum: "The curriculum is not rigorous enough for seniors in high school; very light weight. One panelist even thought that it was for a lower grade level."

"Really strong instructors would be needed to overcome the weaknesses in the curriculum."

On economics: “Lesson one assumes that the FDIC is infallible and will always bailout insolvent banks and protect savers."

On world history: “Some panel members felt strongly that inappropriate levels of political correctness prevented objective and accurate presentation.”

CSCOPE Review

Two I remember off hand are Lanterns on the Levee and Black Boy. They both discussed the effects of the 1927 flood but from vastly different perspectives.
The assignments and discussions further analyzed these perspectives.

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While you're logically correct, the implicit construction of the statement is pretty clear, ie, that the right only applies to citizens acting in a militia

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No, the meaning is that the REASON we have the right to bear arms is so we will have a citizen-militia - which can be interpreted to include any citizen who owns a gun. Your interpretation would be reasonable IF the authors hadn't clearly stated the 2nd was a "personal right".

The wording isn't really the best, but its made clear that it is a "personal right" by the text - and not by "implicit construction" - its stated explicitly.

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You cannot monitor what you cannot see or hear. I cannot comment on Common Core, but re: CSCOPE, parents were originally not given access to the lesson plans, supposedly due to “intellectual property concerns.” It was hidden in a veil of secrecy. CSCOPE has been strategically rebranded as TEKS Resource System.

Here are some comments from reviewers on the committee formed by the Texas SBOE:
On the lack of transparency:“Some of our most qualified reviewers felt handicapped in their work due to not having the full documentation with the supplemental addendum of supporting aids included with the CSCOPE lesson plan materials.”

“Other than handouts, posters, computer research of undeterminable content or material written on the board, unless the student is allowed to bring all the material disseminated in a class home, it is impossible to know what “history” is being learned or for that matter, being taught. This is the greatest drawback of not having textbooks. At least with textbooks, a parent could read what the student is required to read. This brings me to the obvious: the student doesn’t have to read. Reading stimulates the brain and requires discipline. Effective reading is essential to be successful in virtually all careers. CSCOPE has tossed reading out the window in favor of group chit-chat sessions where the students are expected to teach the students."

On the US Government curriculum: "The curriculum is not rigorous enough for seniors in high school; very light weight. One panelist even thought that it was for a lower grade level."

"Really strong instructors would be needed to overcome the weaknesses in the curriculum."

On economics: “Lesson one assumes that the FDIC is infallible and will always bailout insolvent banks and protect savers."

On world history: “Some panel members felt strongly that inappropriate levels of political correctness prevented objective and accurate presentation.”

CSCOPE Review

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Texas education problems are a little bit different than the rest of the country. Texas has more politics injected into you education than any other state in the nation. WTF did a Young Earth Creationist Dentist have any business as the chairman of the Texas Board of Education. Thank Goodness more moderate republicans are coming the board with some education credentials.

Common Core also received criticism for not being tough enough ,but their are only a handful of states with standards tougher than the Common Core. None of those states are in the deep south. Also, the Common core doesn't stop you from going beyond the standard.

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Common Core also received criticism for not being tough enough

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Link?

Every criticism I've seen of common core is that it is centered on CC's encouragement of accepting wrong answers as long as one explains their reasoning for those answers. The same thesis is held for teaching from text materials with "varied perspectives."

It is an approach not dissimilar in theory from equally egregious attempts to teach Creationism and Evolution side-by-side as nothing more than "different perspectives."

That is a problem.

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WTF did a Young Earth Creationist Dentist have any business as the chairman of the Texas Board of Education. Thank Goodness more moderate republicans are coming the board with some education credentials.

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Well, I'm no fan of Ratliff either, his family is a bunch of career politicians, he's a RINO and Microsoft lobbyist.

In the same vein, WTF does a community organizer have any business being POTUS? It is increasingly rare that we elect anyone with pertinent credentials anymore.

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Texas education problems are a little bit different than the rest of the country.

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Precisely why my children attend private school here.

For the love of God, this has not a damn thing to do with common core! In fact, the common core standards pertain only to English and math. It's the result of a teacher's poor judgement on which resources to use.

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this has not a damn thing to do with common core!

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Wrong.

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common core standards pertain only to English and math

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Wrong.

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It's the result of a teacher's poor judgement on which resources to use

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Right.