"...[W]hat’s key here is that the goals—of cultivating wonder in children, encouraging students to get lost in the magic of storytelling and to wrestle with profound questions—are compelling to all kinds of parents, not just those on the right." You've given me SO much to think about. Thank you!
While we can appreciate this emerging common ground, we need to acknowledge some key facts. The vast majority of what he’s criticizing in today’s public schools was created by his side of the fence. You can’t give him much credit for wanting to re-establish something they were largely responsible for destroying (not that he will admit that).
Two points. FIRST, I've heard that Hillsdale is a leader in Classical K12 Schools and that they used the curricula for their Classical schools as a basis for creating their 1776 Curriculum, which is making its way into some state K12 social studies standards (eg, FL, SD). I've evaluated the 1776 Curriculum in this substack piece (https://leegugerty.substack.com/p/part-1-of-3-is-public-school-social). the 1776 curriculum does focus on the humanities and civic education heavily; that's good. But the way it does it, according to my evaluation, is very biased against Progressivism and liberal viewpoints. 1776 does not adhere to the goal of public education to cover social studies, history, civics in a non-partisan way. which is a problem because as I document in my article, Hillsdale is trying hard, and having some success, at using 1776 to influence state K12 social studies standards. SECOND, there are people on the left and center working against K12 education as career and STEM training only. For example, Educating for American Democracy's roadmap for excellence for education in history and civics; the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards; the AP civics course. I think that Danielle Allen, who is involved with EAD, is a bright light in this area. I talk about some of these alternatives at the end of my article.
Thank you for this! I totally agree that we need more championing "an alternative to soulless workforce development."
"...[W]hat’s key here is that the goals—of cultivating wonder in children, encouraging students to get lost in the magic of storytelling and to wrestle with profound questions—are compelling to all kinds of parents, not just those on the right." You've given me SO much to think about. Thank you!
While we can appreciate this emerging common ground, we need to acknowledge some key facts. The vast majority of what he’s criticizing in today’s public schools was created by his side of the fence. You can’t give him much credit for wanting to re-establish something they were largely responsible for destroying (not that he will admit that).
Two points. FIRST, I've heard that Hillsdale is a leader in Classical K12 Schools and that they used the curricula for their Classical schools as a basis for creating their 1776 Curriculum, which is making its way into some state K12 social studies standards (eg, FL, SD). I've evaluated the 1776 Curriculum in this substack piece (https://leegugerty.substack.com/p/part-1-of-3-is-public-school-social). the 1776 curriculum does focus on the humanities and civic education heavily; that's good. But the way it does it, according to my evaluation, is very biased against Progressivism and liberal viewpoints. 1776 does not adhere to the goal of public education to cover social studies, history, civics in a non-partisan way. which is a problem because as I document in my article, Hillsdale is trying hard, and having some success, at using 1776 to influence state K12 social studies standards. SECOND, there are people on the left and center working against K12 education as career and STEM training only. For example, Educating for American Democracy's roadmap for excellence for education in history and civics; the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards; the AP civics course. I think that Danielle Allen, who is involved with EAD, is a bright light in this area. I talk about some of these alternatives at the end of my article.