Tuesday, September 8, 2015

In The Common Core Era, Families Flock To Its Opposite

Classical education has been growing inside the United States for several decades. Common Core’s entrance into public and private education has only accelerated the trend.
“When applied to education, [progressivism] dictates that students are no longer to be taught to know permanently true, good, and beautiful things because such things do not exist (at worst) or are simply unknowable (at best). Instead, the children are taught to adopt to their environment…
If the truth cannot be known and does not govern human societies, then there is nothing to restrain the rulers. If rights are not derived from truth, then they are granted by the ever-changing state. Liberty and knowable truth are interdependent.” — Gene Edward Veith and Andrew Kern, “Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America”
http://thefederalist.com/2015/09/08/in-the-common-core-era-families-flock-to-its-opposite/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=788be5aab3-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-788be5aab3-83795033