The StoryKillers A CommonSense Case Against the Common Core Terrence O Moore Books
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"a stopcommoncore must-read." Michelle Malkin
". . . I could hardly put this book down until I finished reading it. . . . [T]his is not a dry read. It is a shocking read." Joy Pullmann, Heartland Institute
"It wasn't until I started reading Dr. Moore's writings that I fully comprehended the significance of just what America was about to lose." Heather Crossin, Hoosiers Against Common Core
What is the Common Core? How will the Common Core English Standards affect the teaching of great stories in our schools? Will there be any great stories left in the minds of our children when the Common Core has controlled the curriculum and testing of both public and private schools for a few years? What are the real purposes behind the educational coup that has taken place with very little public debate and even less understanding?
In this book, school reformer and professor Dr. Terrence Moore carefully examines both the claims made by the architects of the Common Core and the hidden agenda behind the so-called reforms that have been adopted by over forty states in the nation, with very few people understanding what is really going on. Moore not only challenges the illiberal aims of this educational regime, but actually analyzes lessons recommended in the Common Core English Standards and in the new textbooks bearing the Common Core logo. Such a thorough review exposes the absurdity, superficiality, and political bias that can only serve to dumb down the nation's schools. Worse, the means that the Common Core uses is a deliberate undermining of the great stories of our tradition, the stories that in former times trained the minds and ennobled the souls of young people. Those stories are now under attack, and the minds and souls of the nation's children are in peril.
The StoryKillers A CommonSense Case Against the Common Core Terrence O Moore Books
I borrowed this book on Christmas morning and can't wait for my own copy to arrive so I can finish it. Speaking as a former English and creative writing instructor, but also as a political organizer helping build the anti-Common Core fight in Georgia and Florida, I've been wishing someone would write a book that explains the classroom-based stakes of this fight -- and debunks the rhetoric of Common Core advocates in government and academia.This is that book.
It is also an impassioned defense of the liberal arts that would be worth reading even if there were no political urgency to its message. Dr. Moore reminds us why teaching great literature matters -- and why the therapeutic nonsense that passes for literature education today is merely shallow narcissism that fails to inspire and educate.
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The StoryKillers A CommonSense Case Against the Common Core Terrence O Moore Books Reviews
As a retired high school English teacher, I was very interested in what Mr. Moore had to say about Common Core. I am not a fan of the new standards (although in my home state of Indiana it's been rejected), but I was curious about Mr. Moore's perspective. The book was very engaging, although some of his personal opinions turned me off. However, we are in complete agreement about the damage being done to public education in order to teach to the test. He spends a great deal of time breaking down the Prentice Hall literature book for juniors, and many of his points hit home because I used that same textbook my last year of teaching in 2012. Even with that silly book, the administration in the large, urban school district where I worked frowned upon its use, preferring that we stick to the script provided by The Springboard series (see CollegeBoard), which had NO literature or even any reference to any; barring that, our students were to work online in a very elementary (and expensive) computer program with nothing but informational text. I was devastated to be told that I could not teach "The Great Gatsby" to my eleventh graders because it was too hard, and instead was to teach a unit out of Springboard on global warming, a subject I know little about and which would be better covered in a science class.
On the rare occasion that I slipped in some actual literature that year, my students were attentive and engaged. As Moore states, silly art projects dominated instruction, and my job and evaluation depended upon how well I taught these 'subjects'. Having read this book, I am now sure that my students could have risen to the occasion of a Gatsby or Scarlet Letter, but weren't given the chance.
I have two family members who are college professors. According to them, all these informational texts that are being force-fed to public school children are NOT making them college ready. In a college class they are expected to have a working knowledge of Shakespeare, or 1984, or the Civil War, and when these young adults stare blankly at the professor because they have not been taught any of this, the instructors are of course angry at the public high schools for not preparing kids for real college.
I would recommend this book to educators and parents alike, but I would have preferred Moore's opinions be kept out of it. The facts speak for themselves.
By Joy Pullmann
Heartland Institute Education Research Fellow, 2013 Novak Fellow
I am a busy, working mother of toddlers, and I could hardly put this book down until I finished reading it. As someone who spends hours each week reading and writing about Common Core, this book was a welcome entree into an aspect of it that few, if any, have discussed in such substantive detail. It thoroughly discusses the standards themselves (an underexamined area of Common Core), and the curriculum that has and will result. As you might guess from the title, the result is appalling.
Dr. Moore both discuses the practical implications of Common Core (what it looks like in the classroom) and the philosophical implications (why what Common Core does in the classroom will deform children and society). But this is not a dry read. It is a shocking read. And, unlike Common Core, it is readable for and interesting to the general public--mothers, fathers, lawmakers, etc. In fact, I would say this book should be mandatory reading for anyone who makes any decisions related to Common Core, whether teachers, administrators, state board of education members, or lawmakers.
The best thing about this book is that is utterly dismantles and shows as evil phrases, approaches, and philosophies that otherwise sound attractive, or at least benign. It quite convincingly reveals that "rigorous national standards" are essentially a cover for either mentally stunted central planners or nefarious social engineers. Read it to find out how--no conspiracy theories or kooky phrases necessary. Just actual analysis and critical thinking, not the fake, dreary stuff Common Core promotes.
I borrowed this book on Christmas morning and can't wait for my own copy to arrive so I can finish it. Speaking as a former English and creative writing instructor, but also as a political organizer helping build the anti-Common Core fight in Georgia and Florida, I've been wishing someone would write a book that explains the classroom-based stakes of this fight -- and debunks the rhetoric of Common Core advocates in government and academia.
This is that book.
It is also an impassioned defense of the liberal arts that would be worth reading even if there were no political urgency to its message. Dr. Moore reminds us why teaching great literature matters -- and why the therapeutic nonsense that passes for literature education today is merely shallow narcissism that fails to inspire and educate.
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