{"id":1102,"date":"2013-04-02T19:24:25","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T19:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janice-campbell.com\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2018-05-16T19:47:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T19:47:58","slug":"what-does-the-common-core-mean-for-homeschoolers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/what-does-the-common-core-mean-for-homeschoolers\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does the Common Core Mean for Homeschoolers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>The sky is falling! The sky is falling!<\/em><\/p>\n

As news spreads about the Common Core Standards (CCS), there is increasing concern both inside and outside the homeschool community, over what is happening to the education system of the United States. As a long-time student of education history and an advocate for broad, genuine education that leads to wisdom and virtue, I am certain that the sky isn’t<\/em> falling.<\/p>\n

It fell well over a century ago when classical education began to be displaced by “workforce training;” when the liberal arts<\/a> were pushed aside in favor of the servile arts<\/a>; when the quest for wisdom and virtue was replaced by a checklist of skills.<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that the disarray in America’s institutional education system is nothing new, the Common Core Standards are concerning many parents. The CCS have been described as an effort to nationalize mediocrity and increase control over every aspect of K-12 education. Like any education topic, the CCS have many facets, so I’m linking to a variety of perspectives in the articles below.<\/p>\n

If you find other helpful resources, please feel free to reference them in the comment section below. I may add information to the body of the post as I learn more, but I don’t plan to post endlessly on the subject\u2013there are many watchmen on the wall who are already doing that. My focus will continue to be on casting a vision for what education is and can be. Next week’s post will discuss issues with literature and the Common Core, and after that, I’ll return to considering true education and a lifestyle of learning with the ultimate goal of developing wisdom and virtue.<\/p>\n

To learn about the CCS, you may want to begin with the “Stop the Common Core” video series below. It will provide one answer to basic questions and help you understand some of the fundamental issues such as:<\/p>\n