Sunday, April 05, 2020

Common Core in the Age of Coronavirus

These folks have rewritten the Common Core standards for education during the coronavirus home isolation.  One of my favorites:
Domain 2: Screen Time

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Grades 6-8

2-A. Students will learn that their parents do not want to know what a “TikTok” is, nor do they want to see your “TikTok,” but it had better be appropriate.
Does anybody besides another teenager really want to see your "TikTok"?

Two others:
Domain 4: Content

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Grades 9-12

3-A. Students will learn that Romeo and Juliet had it easy, because they only had to contend with an inter-family feud, and not the cancellation of prom, or the indefinite postponement of “going to the next level,” which their significant other definitely gave affirmative consent for, via text, last week...

3-C. Students will learn exactly how irritating, boring, aggravating, and absurd it can be to live through history. They will also learn that attendance in History IRL is mandatory.

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