How Common Core is turning kindergarteners into illiterate bureaucrats
This Common Core guide is written in bureaucratese, not English. It is repetitive, unclear and badly written. Neither this guide nor its authors should be allowed in any American classroom.Not to mention the problem of child abuse.
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Quotes
This city is infested by gangs of hardened wretches [who] patrol the streets making night hideous and insulting all who are not strong enough to defend themselves -- NYC Mayor Philip Home, 1839
Pocket paradigms
The policy of the Israeli government is clearly distinguishable from the theology of Judaism to all but a small yet powerful and noisy crowd including neo-conservatives, cable TV anchors and semantic bomb throwers. Israeli policy reflects Judaism about as well as the Republican right reflects Christianity..- Sam Smith
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
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