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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Isn't that one of the things Common Core is trying to change? Having students read more non-fiction?[/quote]

Yes but MCPS interpreted this as replace science instruction with reading assignments that include science as the topic. Not a good solution.

People who go into education are weak on STEM and heavy on humanities. There is a natural bias and comfort level with reading and analyzing fiction. Everything else is ignored or second class.

I agree that reading fiction is important [b]but it is overdone in the schools at the expense of other subjects.[/b] Changing this, means changing the requirements to get an education degree so you can have teachers who know how to teach other subjects. [/quote]

How is it overdone?  Are the kids reading novels in biology?  Are they reading poetry in history class?  Are they reading short stories in math class?  I took some fantastic literature classes in high school, but the only classes in which we read fiction were lit classes--all the other classes were "non-fiction."  I don't see how fiction can be taking over if it's one class out of what, six?[/quote]

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