Back-to-school season is here, and with the recent examples of race-based classroom activities and sexually charged curriculum in schools nationwide, parents are right to wonder what their students will be taught this fall.
A recent commentary by an education reporter about his own children revealed that last year his sixth grader had no homework, spelling tests, handwriting exercises, or times tables.
“I’m concerned that my list [of topics and tools left out] is symbolic of the broader American education experience,” Chad Aldeman wrote for The 74, the education news site. “Schools need to teach students facts, figures, dates, and other specifics before they can expect kids to think critically about those areas.”
A foundation of facts and figures helps students to be creative because we base new ideas on established knowledge—we need material to help us…
