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| Lenin with Children at Christmas |
What has been lost in education may never be able to be reproduced without great work on the part of parents. I was reading an article about
The criteria are now the No Child Left Behind bill, which
was and is a disaster, as the new Core Curriculum Bill.
I am a strong state’s rights person who believes that
education, of course, first of all belongs in the hands and hearts of the
parents, and secondarily, with local government.
Merely twelve years ago, Iowa education was the best in the nation. A
friendly rivalry with Wisconsin
existed for years as which state would be judged first in test scores.
What has happened is that the teachers have become
demoralized, having to become babysitters and care-givers, instead of teachers,
as well as being forced to meet standards with which they may not agree,
standards which are lower than their own expectations.
Teaching to a test is neither fun nor rewarding. Teaching
really is mutual discovery of the truth. Teaching to tests has ruined Iowa education.
Sadly, with the new core curriculum, there is no turning
back,
Catholic parents either must find a Catholic school which is
not accepting the CC, or home school.
As Catholics, we no longer have a choice if we are to obtain
eternal life.