http://progressconservative.com/2009/12/30/report-states-set-low-bar-for-student-achievement/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:54:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://progressconservative.com/2009/12/30/report-states-set-low-bar-for-student-achievement/#comment-2874 Mike at The Big Stick Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:50:40 +0000 http://progressconservative.com/?p=4430#comment-2874 You're absolutely right Z (and between you or me, it's the best way to fight off the Intelligent Design wackos). You’re absolutely right Z (and between you or me, it’s the best way to fight off the Intelligent Design wackos).

]]> http://progressconservative.com/2009/12/30/report-states-set-low-bar-for-student-achievement/#comment-2872 thoughtcounts Z Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:31:43 +0000 http://progressconservative.com/?p=4430#comment-2872 I think you're right on with the "core of basic knowledge" angle. It's politically impossible to have a national curriculum with the same level of detail that local curricula currently have, but perhaps it'd be possible to sell a kind of skeletal outline of what everybody should include. That ought to make it more palatable to the conservative ideology you mentioned, especially if you throw in the national security/outsourcing jobs/competitiveness aspect. We can't expect to have the highest technology, best cybersecurity, most innovation, etc. if our children can barely read or perform arithmetic. I think you’re right on with the “core of basic knowledge” angle. It’s politically impossible to have a national curriculum with the same level of detail that local curricula currently have, but perhaps it’d be possible to sell a kind of skeletal outline of what everybody should include. That ought to make it more palatable to the conservative ideology you mentioned, especially if you throw in the national security/outsourcing jobs/competitiveness aspect. We can’t expect to have the highest technology, best cybersecurity, most innovation, etc. if our children can barely read or perform arithmetic.

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