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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh my goodness I love core knowledge!! I’ve been using it for my homeschool curriculum and it is so fun! DS and I had a blast with King Arthur this year. I really hope that APS does it. [/quote]

PP who posted about CKLA. Glad I’m not the only one! I am critical of APS as well but I give credit when credit is due. I do think that this is a good indication that Dr Duran is serious about making some major changes to APS. For some reason I posted a reply to a post on AEM about the report saying that one good thing is that APS might be adopting amplify CKLA and my reply and the post was deleted. Have no idea why. [/quote]

Oh man. That’s really too bad. It’s unfortunate that the core knowledge foundation has a reputation as being more conservative and anti-teacher. I hope there isn’t a big bias against it that way. I mean, right now I’m doing an essay on Robin Hood with DS and he chose to write about how the story suggests that people should rebel against unjust power structures because Robin Hood’s actions were more ethical than those of the sheriff and a church leader! Plus the curriculum has a solid basis in the cognitive science of learning.

Anyway, my kids will miss out on this at school for sure but [b]if it sticks I’ll be recommending APS much more than I do now[/b]. [/quote]

well, I’m sure many many people base their school choices on your recommendation- so fandillytastic! ;0[/quote]

I wonder why people are so [b]mean and snarky[/b]. Hopefully you’re not like this in real life 🙁[/quote]

Dunno, but name calling isn’t exactly live, laugh, love!

I find it strange that you believe your opinions as “not an educator” lead you recommend a school system.
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Ha I didn’t see this comment. I am the one taking about APS, not the PP who called you snarky.

Between using the term “fandillytastic,” putting “not an educator in quotes,” and the “live laugh love” comment, I don’t know what your point is. But people ask me about APS on a regular basis. It never occurred to me to say, “sorry, I’m not an educator, I can’t give you a recommendation.” Both my kids have had years of experience at APS and I keep up with school board happenings so I do feel like I know enough to share my experience.

One of my big issues with APS, which is no different from the vast majority of public elementary programs, is that the curriculum is skills-based instead of content based. So you learn what a table of contents is not because you’re actually using it to find information, but as a kind of a memorized fact separate from its use (except for this ridiculous assignment where my son had to write a book during distance learning that had a table of contents in it, despite the fact that he barely knew how to construct a good sentence). So my feelings about APS are lukewarm. If they fixed my primary objection to APS, I’d obviously be thrilled and share that with people who are deciding where to send their kids to school. [/quote]

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