Perils of eroded civic knowledge forewarned by fmr Justice Souter

SPC Jill Drushal, RN, MA - It will take years, decades, if ever to flush the progressive elements from our schools and colleges. Until then, home schooling will be the only viable option so long as parents are willing and able to help introduce their children to America and provide them with the self assurance to resist the influences of Progressive college professors. Who is going to help introduce parents to America so that they are up to the job? I'm working on it. Will you?

CPT Jack Durish - Progressive secondary and post-secondary instructors are irrelevant if public schools aren't teaching the basics of US history and Government. Because of Common Core curriculum, teachers don't have the time to teach. They are proctoring standardized tests more than anything. When I was teaching university-level history, I had to teach basic things first, things that students should have learned in middle and high school.

Other elements of Common Core are creating high school graduates who can't balance a bank statement or complete a simple Federal tax return. My 19-year-old daughter is an example of this. She was going to pay to have her taxes done when all she had was wage income. I did her taxes and taught her how to do them in the future.

There is also discussion, at the state and Federal levels, that there is no need to teach cursive anymore because most things are signed electronically. The argument against this is that the Founding documents are written in cursive. If a student doesn't learn it, that individual will be dependent on "translations." My daughter learned cursive in elementary school, but never used it in middle or high school. She almost couldn't read a Christmas card from her godfather! Eight states are keeping Common Core, but adding parts of the "Back to Basics" curriculum, too. While my 19-year-old daughter got cheated on parts of her education, my 29-year-old son graduated before Common Core was conceived.

Because of the issues that my husband and I have with Common Core, our 5-year-old adopted daughter is attending a private school. This school and its "district" teach the same curriculum they always have, but they have updated it for technology. Each class is less than 20 students. Each teacher has 20+ years of experience. Each classroom has an interactive whiteboard. And, each student has their own Kindle Fire or Chromebook. The same is true for the middle and high schools that my adopted daughter will attend. She will have no exposure to Common Core.

SPC Jill Drushal, RN, MA - You can run but you can't hide. You still have to teach your child Common Core methodologies because they will be tested on college entrance exams. We need the new govt to end this madness

She is in Kindergarten. She has 12-1/2 years before she graduates from high school. . . There are always options. Like I said, my son graduated before Common Core was conceived. He did quite well on college entrance exams just a couple of years ago.