I like the reading list I see coming out of the new core standards, but wonder what will get left behind? Will students get hooked on reading and take it upon themselves to seek out great new voices in fiction, and non-fiction?
I'm excited to see many of the additions and changes to the list, including Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake on tap for 11th graders. (Now I'd better hurry up and read it myself!)
But not everyone is pleased.
While I've never quite "gotten" poetry, it's strewn liberally throughout the curriculum. Perhaps we'll see a new generation of more thoughtful communicators. I can dream, right?
What do you think of the new standards, dear readers?
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