Common Core is taking aim at the souls of our children
Terrence Moore, an assistant professor of history at Hillsdale College, dug through Common Core-approved textbooks to understand what is coming for America. In this compelling, two-part interview, Moore calls the Common Core standards a “federal takeover of education” that is “dangerous.”
You’ve seen the troubles with the national takeover of health care by Obamacare, he said, “but imagine the national takeover of the American minds and souls? That’s what Common Core is.”
His book, “The Story-Killers,” is the result of reviewing Common Core-approved English textbooks. He compared traditional, classical education to the authors, questions and teaching that align with Common Core standards, giving specific examples of programmed teaching he found in textbooks.
The best alternative education, the classically-educated Moore said, is a traditional one.
“Classical education is based on the idea of the great, the idea of heroism, the idea of pursuing virtue, and understanding what love means, understanding what heroic action really looks like, understanding sacrifice,” he said. “And that’s done at many different levels.”
Classical education imparts, he says, the value of human language, art, music, logic, history and great stories that will ennoble students’ souls.
In a move that threatens to impact homeschoolers, private and parochial schools as well as public education, the College Board is expected to align college entrance exams to the Common Core, which in Moore’s view would lay the ground for a “two-tier system for leadership and citizenship in this country.”
“This whole control of the curriculum is controlled by standardized testing,” Moore said. “And this has been this way for awhile and it’s even more with Common Core. Whoever controls the testing, controls the schools. [emphasis added]”
Read full article: https://dailycaller.com/2014/01/19/common-core-is-taking-aim-at-the-souls-of-our-children-says-a-classical-educator-video/
