Siteadmin, Check users, nsTeam1RO, nsTeam1RW, nsTeam1_talkRO, nsTeam1_talkRW, oversight, Administrators
30,650
edits
Changes
mLine 1:
Line 1: + + + +
Singapore’s standards were used to develop the Common Core.
'''Common Core''' refers to an attempt by the [[federal]] government to impose its atheistic, leftist, and sub-standard education curriculum on elementary and high schools nationwide, in interference with the traditionally local control over education. Sometimes "Common Core" is called "Common Core Standards."
'''Common Core''' refers to an attempt by the [[federal]] government to impose its atheistic, leftist, and sub-standard education curriculum on elementary and high schools nationwide, in interference with the traditionally local control over education. Sometimes "Common Core" is called "Common Core Standards."
According to ''The Washington Post'', [[Singapore’s]] standards were used to develop the Common Core. [http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/11/02/1540249/a-math-test-thats-rotten-to-the-common-core?sdsrc=popbyskid A ridiculous Common Core test for first graders] The ''Washington Post'' - October 31, 2013
In Singapore, students begin Grade 1 at age 7 after two years of kindergarten.
This is not an argument for starting school at a later age. Canadian students also begin first-grade at age 6. But we must recognize, especially given that
There are numerous objections to Common Core from across the political spectrum. Criticisms include:
There are numerous objections to Common Core from across the political spectrum. Criticisms include: