By Auguste Meyrat
The temptations of Common Core, especially in regard to the SAT’s recent adaptation of many Common Core’s standards, are more present than they have ever been for our parents.
“Even changing curriculum will not prevent indoctrination. Curriculum should help guide the teacher to create lessons and use materials that will train the students to think and function independently. Instead, most public school curricula, either adopting the Common Core standards or imitating them, do the opposite.
Common Core has facilitated progressive indoctrination by smothering independent thought and stifling intellectual development. It effectively trains students not to think by emphasizing skills over content, process over product, and relative standards over absolute ones.
The humanities suffer the most from the focus on teaching supposedly practical skills rather than quality content. Instead of reading great poetry and literature, English teachers asked their students to read more journalistic nonfiction and develop research skills. Instead of reading for meaning and writing clearly, students read for bias and learn to write fluff.
Continue reading: http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/26/public-schools-indoctrinate-kids-without-almost-anyone-noticing/