In Ohio Common Core sets extremely high standards for the level of reading that third graders are supposed to have. Under current state law if a third grader does not perfrom well enough on a standerdized test that tests reading skills then that third grader is held back. Holding a student back costs a great deal of time and money. Also, holding a student back may harm the student's self- esteem and decrease the student's chances of graduating high school. Since Common Core's implementation math and reading skills amongst our nations youth have deteriorated. This hurts their chances of becoming college and career ready.
The introduction of technology in the classrooms of elementary schools is hindering the social skills of our nation's youth and their handwriting skills are getting worse. The Gates are the one pushing for technology to be implemented into our nation's classrooms and they profit handsomely from it. The technology leader of Silicon Valley send their kids to private schools where no technology is utilized.
When I talk to people some of them do not ask hard questions and they do not consider the possibility of uninteded consequences. Also, they often do not question whether or not a mistake is being made. It is arrogance to assume that there is no chance of a mistake. Ignorance is not asking difficult questions. The standerdized testing industry rakes in billions of dollars every year. Standerdized testing forces teachers to teach to the test and takes control away from the local school district and the teacher. Furthermore, standerdized testing diminishes creativity and critical thinking. It is possible that the elites are using standerdized testing as a means to conduct an intelligence census. In other words, the elites want an overview of how smart the population is.
Common Core forces elementary school teachers to give students so much work that they have less time to play, reflect, socialize, and engage in creative activity. This means that kids are getting less exercise which is not conducive to excellent health. Kids that have more fun in their childhood tend to be more intelligent as adults.
We have a culture that perpetuates ugliness. Traditional western culture is under attack by the political class especially in the United States. We need an education system that teaches students to enrich the culture with beauty. Currently, art schools do not teach students to paint like Michelangelo. Music schools do not teach students to perfrom or compose music like J.S Bach.
Dr. Joseph p Farrell critized the American education system in his book "Rotten To The Common Core". In his book he focuses on the origins of standerdized testing and the modern American education system. Also, he did an interview with Forum Borealis in which he spelled out these issues along with current trends in the education system. I put a link to that interview below.
"Miseducation by Design - A Compilation" with Joseph Farrell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7q_19gOucc
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