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This statement is starting to bug me.  [b]The education in this country has been going down hill *for decades*.[/b]  I don't want my kids to have the same curriculum or necessarily the same way of learning that I did 40 yrs ago.  That curriculum was meant for the 20th century.  Many people who graduated from Ivies 10+ yrs ago probably couldn't get in now with the credentials they had.  Times are different.  There are certain things my kids really don't need to learn that they did 50 yrs ago.

FWIW - my 1st grader has weekly spelling tests; my 4th grader just had a unit on grammar.   They still teach these things, but they don't need to be taught in K.

CC stresses critical thinking, which in the grand scheme of things is probably a more important skill than spelling and grammar. [/quote]

Actually education is arguably better than it was in 1990.

http://www.nationsreportcard.gov/reading_math_2013/#/executive-summary

But I agree with your general point. It's 2014, not 1950, 1970, or even 1990.
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