What bothers me alongside these ridiculous expectations, is that teachers will also be measured on their success of attaining them and penalised if they don't.
The new curriculum is not only setting up children for failure, but also the entire public education system for failure and put it firmly on course to privatisation. Ties in perfectly to their charter schools agenda.
Having brought up in an education system that was knowledge rich and prioritized structured learning with quantitative goals of achievement, I can say how unfair it is to children, who don't all follow the same developmental pathway or have the same interests and skills. Failing to meet an arbitrary standard can have devastating effects on a child's sense of self. It can take decades before they realize their worth lies beyond those structured targets in school.
What bothers me alongside these ridiculous expectations, is that teachers will also be measured on their success of attaining them and penalised if they don't.
The new curriculum is not only setting up children for failure, but also the entire public education system for failure and put it firmly on course to privatisation. Ties in perfectly to their charter schools agenda.
Having brought up in an education system that was knowledge rich and prioritized structured learning with quantitative goals of achievement, I can say how unfair it is to children, who don't all follow the same developmental pathway or have the same interests and skills. Failing to meet an arbitrary standard can have devastating effects on a child's sense of self. It can take decades before they realize their worth lies beyond those structured targets in school.