Salinger and Harper to be replaced by Invasive Plant Inventory in US school curriculum, page 1

By 2014, 46 out of 50 states will adopt new curriculum which favors "informational texts" over classic literature

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A new curriculum for public schools across the United States will soon make it mandatory for at least 70 percent of all assigned books to be works of non-fiction, eliminating classic works that have influenced great thinkers for centuries.
By 2014, schools in 46 out of 50 states will have adopted this new curriculum, which favors “informational texts” approved by the Common Core State Standards to prepare students for the workplace.

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Many classic works of fiction will soon be removed from the curriculum of most schools in America, further reducing the influences of culture and creative thinking in favor of "straight from the government" fact books designed to teach everything needed to be a productive worker in the new workplace.

Instead of rambling on about this i will just add this quote, which really says it all

“English is the only compulsory class where students are encouraged to think differently, to be imaginative and creative, and if we take fiction out of the English curriculum, where are our kids going to get that?” said curriculum and instruction graduate research assistant Shea Kerkhoff in an interview with Technician Online.

I am not gonna rant on about government mind control or the fall of American education (assuming it COULD fall farther) but instead will simply list some great ways to encourage your own kids (or yourself) to read...

Three of the links listed above contain a wealth of information about classic literature, and the last one includes actual books like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Anna Karenina, Beowulf and Dracula!

The others deal with Core Curriculum and associated stuff.

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reply to post by Thorneblood

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That's pretty funny...scroll down to the sixth paragraph...

But books such as JD Salinger’s Catcher in the Rue and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird will no longer be the preferred reading assigned in US schools. Classic novels by authors including Mark Twain, Jane Austen, Fyodor Dostoyevksy, Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe and Ernest Hemingway could soon be forgotten and replaced with textbook-style history books and other works of nonfiction put together by government departments or research groups.

reply to post by Thorneblood

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This is par for the course, and pathetic by every reasonable metric. Schooling is nothing but training little minions to be big minions for the already rich, and has been going on for some time, but continues to get worse and worse over the years and decades.

Education is a travesty in the US. Its beyond a joke.

Most of these books exist in the public domain and are free online or dirt cheap in RL....these are also many of the books kids will no longer be MADE to read at school. Time to build up your e-libraries here
Public Domain Books - that means FREE

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
MARK TWAIN

The Aeneid
VIRGIL

Agamemnon
AESCHYLUS

The Age of Innocence
EDITH WHARTON

Anna Karenina
LEO TOLSTOY

Anne of Green Gables
L. M. MONTGOMERY

Anthem
AYN RAND

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

The Awakening
KATE CHOPIN

hmmm good point...

This should help explain to anyone who doesn't want to read (ironic huh!)

In my continuing effort to encourage reading beyond the classroom i offer this for all Manga/Comic Fans or young readers.

These are graphic novels of classic literature, historical biographies and works of shakespeare.
SelfMadeHero

reply to post by Zarniwoop

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HAH!
I weep like a little girl whenever i read this ...Social Rhythms of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders

Firstly, here are the standards if anyone is interested in reading what they really say.
Common Core Standards

I'd also like to say I am a teacher and I have had a little experience with Common Core as my school is going to implement next year. I urge you to read the standards, especially if you are concerned about what your child will be learning.

There are standards for informational text, but also for literature. The literature standards require many things, including poetry and at least one play by Shakespeare in the 11-12 grade standards. Just a quick scan shows me that more than 3 of the 10 standards for 11-12 grade require reading poetry, drama, and stories.

The informational text standards for 11-12 grade also require 10 standards. One of which requires students to read and understand various documents such as the constitution. None of the standards say students are required to read "Invasive Plant Inventory" as the op link suggests.

Now, if no text is specifically required for a given standard then it is up to the school or classroom teacher to choose how to teach that standards. Depending on the state, I suppose. If the classroom teacher decides to use To Kill a Mocking Bird in order to teach a specific standard, they are allowed to do so.

Honestly, I ask that you read the standards, preferably given by your own state, before worrying that schools have thrown out literature and are only going to teach informational text.

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