Feature Articles: Core Knowledge: Debunking the Mysteries and Myths by Barbara Garvin-Kester National Conference in San Antonio by Karen Baggiano Blue Ribbon and Accomplished School by Russ Spicer Core Knowledge Preschool Sequence and CK-PAT by Mike Ford The Naturalist Fallacy and the Demise of Grammar Instruction by Robert D. Shepherd Core Knowledge and the Coming Paradigm Shift by Jeremiah Reedy |
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| Core Knowledge: Debunking the Mysteries and Myths | ||
How often this past month I heard these myths about the Core Knowledge Foundation and its curriculum! |
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| The Core Knowledge National Conference in San Antonio | ||
 Experience it! A conference filled with education, entertainment and enjoyment — February 23–25, 2006!
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| Blue Ribbon and Accomplished School | ||
| Hearty congratulations go out to the students, parents, and faculty of Liberty Common School in Colorado on being selected as one of 295 elite “Blue Ribbon Schools” by the Department of Education. That’s even more impressive considering there are about 120,000 public and private schools in the nation! With continued support and feedback from dedicated educators, activists, politicians, and parents, perhaps Core Knowledge will sweep the list one day. | ||
| Core Knowledge Preschool Sequence and CK-PAT | ||
| Simply put, the Core Knowledge Preschool Sequence delivers, and the Core Knowledge Preschool Assessment Tool (CK-PAT) can help prove it, according to two recent studies. | ||
| The Naturalist Fallacy and the Demise of Grammar Instruction | ||
| The traditional grammar textbook disappeared because of the emergence of a new orthodoxy regarding child language acquisition. . . . A child’s grammar, or so many educational theorists have come to believe, is something that develops naturally, without intervention by teachers. Indeed, it develops in spite of such intervention. This idea appeals to educational theorists because they subscribe, with few exceptions, to a view of child development that E.D. Hirsch refers to as naturalism. | ||
| Core Knowledge and the Coming Paradigm Shift | ||
| The history of public education in the U.S., since it was taken over by progressivists, is a history of fads and alleged panaceas. Recent fads that come to mind include: the new math, whole language, project learning, discovery learning, multiple intelligences, cooperative learning, the self esteem movement, and brain periodization. In fact, some of these, such as whole language and project learning, are decades old but have been recently refurbished and recycled. |
Governor of Utah presents award to Core Knowledge School
Core Knowledge presented to Utah House Education Committee
UK Schools to adopt 'phonics' style of teaching reading
New Core Knowledge Staff Members
Featured School:
Millenium Charter Academy
Featured School:
O'Neal School
Moderators Wanted!
Introducing Core Knowledge Message Boards
