By Kyle Olson
It appears that one North Carolina
teacher is getting into the spirit of the new Common Core learning standards
that promote the use of “informational” texts in the classroom. According to the
StopCommonCoreNC.com, a fourth-grade teacher with Henderson County Public
Schools gave students a brief reading assignment, titled “Raleigh’s Educational
Plan.” A picture of the assignment was posted on Facebook by a concerned parent,
who reportedly asked for advice on how to handle the biased
lesson.
The assignment begins this way: "North
Carolina’s Republican leaders seem determined to undermine a strong early
childhood education. Governor Pat McCrory’s proposed 2013-14 state budget would
reduce funding for teacher assistants by 2.27 million dollars, which will reduce
the number of teacher assistants positions in Henderson County Public Schools by
almost 50 percent." [more...]
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