Whatever Its Intentions — Common Core is Rotten to the Core

According to Burke, Moral Imagination was the possession of great classical minds such as Virgil, Plato, and Dante. It is the force by which the wisdom of the ages, especially ideas regarding Beauty and Truth, is passed on from generation to generation. It is the recognition that despite the achievements of the current generation, those achievements would have been impossible without the contributions of those who came before us. Devoid of this understanding, provided by great literature, students are unprepared for life much less college.

The creators of the Common Core Standards began with an admirable goal in seeking to improve the education of our young people. However, they began from a flawed premise and as a result their effort can only serve to further extend the intellectual poverty and reinforce the cultural rootlessness already plaguing our schools.

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