tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907677492250052991.post2532527421780521865..comments2023-10-18T05:06:49.026-05:00Comments on Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core: What is the Political Significance?dsmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01501964533388756254noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907677492250052991.post-33883075902581620102013-02-20T08:02:39.181-06:002013-02-20T08:02:39.181-06:00So I'm not the only one who goes back to the M...So I'm not the only one who goes back to the Morrill Act! He's definitely on the right track here, the whole point of CCSI, as has been the point behind the school reforms of the early 1900's when leaders like Cubberly enthused that <a href="http://blogodidact.blogspot.com/2011/03/should-education-of-your-children.html" rel="nofollow">“Each year the child is coming to belong more to the State and less and less to the parent.”</a>, and on back to Morrill, the point has been to reshape society. <br /><br />Centralizing power away from parents to more and more distant authorities, is profoundly political and disconnects families from the one everyday political connection they used to have in common with their local community. And when people feel the authority is too distant and too unresponsive, they stand by and say nothing.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907677492250052991.post-2961040859726892682013-02-19T11:35:09.455-06:002013-02-19T11:35:09.455-06:00Patricia Reichardt and I have Letters to the edito...Patricia Reichardt and I have Letters to the editor of the West News Magazine on Common Core. http://www.newsmagazinenetwork.com/2013021931097/discussing-common-core/ <br /><br />My letter also appears in the West News Magazine, along with one from Lisa Jones. Page 4 http://www.newsmagazinenetwork.com/mid-rivers-newsmagazine-current-issue/ Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15535535277287035415noreply@blogger.com