but I have to wonder about her statement
"My own fifth-grade gifted students will end this year with a full understanding of three Shakespearean plays, as class sets of these and other texts were secured through my Donors Choose requests."
I homeschooled my daughter in English and Social Studies in 7th grade. We did Julius Caesar (along with studying Roman history as part of social studies). I would not think to take on more than one play a year, and, while my daughter is very intelligent for her age, I do not think she had a full understanding of one of Shakespeare's simpler plays. While I enjoy Shakespeare three plays in a year means that many other things are not being covered that year. Even in my one semester Shakespeare class in high school, we only did three plays. My Honors English classes in 9th, 11th, and 12th only did one per year. Lots of great literature from other periods that needs to be covered.
I do agree with her sentiments about the right way to teach a subject, and the Common Core so far seems to fall far short of that goal. In particular I am troubled about the math approaches which I have seen.
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