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A Hundred Years of Reducing Standards - The History of the AFT
2016-08-26
I found this page from the AFT to be interesting both in content and tone.
That's American Federation of Teachers -- I looked it up.
Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

#5  But what about Common Core?

My wife just retired from teaching Kindergarten in large part because of the new "standards" that require 5 year olds to have daily homework and play time is cut dramatically.
Posted by: AlanC   2016-08-26 13:26  

#4  @#1: Agreed, maybe we could also include the media and the parents ->"friends" metamorphosis. These aside, indoctrination centers schools, imho, provide the drumbeat from which the others derive their dances.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562   2016-08-26 12:37  

#3  Standards? Who needs standards ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-08-26 08:39  

#2  I recall in the 70s how 'standards' suddenly became racist. Let's just say the Asian community for some reason were not in the vanguard of that movement.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-08-26 08:15  

#1  Probably should be listed under 'culture wars'... but I'll spare you my reasons, other than to say it's not just education that has 'reduced the standards.'
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-08-26 07:07  

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