Ed,
    My quick reaction to the writing standards is that they are very much
genre focused without a particularly sophisticated understanding of
the genres in play. It would be interesting, too, to see the language
section more closely connected to genre, since the corpus grammars are
now giving us a pretty good view of functional language patterns
within the genres.
    I couldn't access Newkirk's article without subscribing. Does he think
the standards are too high? Why would the dropout rate be staggering?

Craig>


I agree with Herb.  Also, has anyone looked closely at the writing
> standards?  Read Thomas Newkirk's comments on them in the current
> issue of Education Week.  He calls them an instance of "magical
> thinking," and I agree totally.  If they are adopted and enforced, the
> dropout rate will be staggering.
>
> Ed
>
> On Jun 9, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Craig Hancock wrote:
>
>> The National governor's Association's Common core Standards have been
>> released and can be accessed at www.corestandards.org.
>>    Though they still don't go as far as they ought to in that
>> direction,
>> they seem a radical shift in favor of knowledge about language (not
>> just language behavior) throughout the grade levels. This, for
>> example, is from grade 7: "Explain the function of phrases and clauses
>> in general and their function in specific sentences." This seems to me
>> the sort of thing that can't happen solely "within the context of
>> writing" or through mini-lessons.
>>     Check it out. If I am reading this correctly, they are calling for
>> far more conscious attention to language from K-12.
>>
>> Craig
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