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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The acronym is the least worst part of this evolution over the past 20 years. Whats really terrible is the shift away from teaching any creativity, the arts in any depth, writing, literature and history. My kids are at nw dcps schools that have more or less eliminated reading full books. My kid in AP lang is finally reading a couple books, but it’s mostly texts. Writing is taught like a math formula. Research is nonexistent. Schools used to have full orchestras and band- now you have to go to an outside program or an arts school. [/quote]STEM education has nothing to do with not reading books in English or not having a strong music program.

Kids still have to go to English class and what they learn in that class is up to the English department (in HS at least).   The math and science teachers aren't taking the English books away.

I think music and art have really suffered from an over importance being placed on sports.  I don't think that has anything to do with STEM. [/quote]

But they’ve taken math and science books away too.  Reading actual books and writing on actual paper should be happening in every single subject.  Kids learn math better when they have a text book to reference and read detailed explanations, see example problems, flip back to a previous chapter, look at the answer key and compare their answers.  Plus the act of copying problems out of a book and hand writing them on the paper in an organized fashion helps reinforce learning, memory, and the process.  Plus this enables parents to easily see what their child is learning, which problems they are working on, and if they are struggling. Same with science. There is next to no actual science instruction or reading/writing happening.  It’s all “hands on” stem BS.  Reading non fiction books and having actual science and math (and history) lessons that involve reading books and writing improve knowledge and test scores in ALL subjects.  [/quote]

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