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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gifted programs wouldn’t be so important if the schools weren’t so terrible.[/quote]

Schools are “terrible,” ie- they fail at teaching, in large part because they keep changing the WAY they teach, instead of relying on time-proven methods.

For example:

- abandoning phonics and replacing it with the failed “whole language” approach, then later:

- abandoning whole language and also abandoning phonics and replacing it with the failed “Lucy Calkins” approach,

- trying to replace elementary math with Common Core math, which the common core author’s specifically stated they created to counter “unearned white privilege,”

- eliminating homework because it is not “equitable;” seen as racist,

- de-tracking because it is viewed as not inclusive enough,

- lowering standards in the name of equity,

- “equity grading,” including skills-based grading.

We are harming our children’s public education nationally and lowering the quality of American public education, compared to the rest of the world.  These trends do not bode well for the future of America.[/quote] Where did the common core authors state that?[/quote]

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