132 CATHOLIC PROFESSORS TAKE “EXTRAORDINARY STEP” OF ASKING ALL BISHOPS TO STOP COMMON CORE

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; min-height: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span class="font-size-3" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2 !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One hundred thirty-two Catholic Professors have taken “the extraordinary step” of signing <a href="http://files.meetup.com/1387375/Letter%20to%20Catholic%20Bishops%20on%20the%20Common%20Core%20F.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">a letter</a><span style="font-size: small;"> that asks all Catholic Bishops to <a href="http://venturacountyteaparty.ning.com/profiles/blogs/132-catholic-professors-take-extraordinary-step-of-asking-all-bis">stand up and firmly oppose Common Core</a>. The letter states, “[W]e are convinced that Common Core is so deeply flawed that it should not be adopted by Catholic schools which have yet to approve it, and that those schools which have already endorsed it should seek an orderly withdrawal now.”</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; min-height: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span class="font-size-3" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2 !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The letter states, “Sadly, over one hundred Catholic dioceses have set aside our teaching tradition in favor of these secular standards. Common Core adopts a bottom-line, pragmatic approach to education. The heart of its philosophy is, as far as we can see, that it is a waste of resources to ‘over-educate’ people.”</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; min-height: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span class="font-size-3" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2 !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The letter notes that, “[N]otwithstanding the good intentions of those who made these decisions, Common Core was approved too hastily and with inadequate consideration of how it would change the character and curriculum of our nation’s Catholic schools. We believe that implementing <a href="http://venturacountyteaparty.ning.com/profiles/blogs/132-catholic-professors-take-extraordinary-step-of-asking-all-bis">Common Core would be a grave disservice to Catholic education</a> in America.”</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; min-height: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span class="font-size-3" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2 !important;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The below letter was sent to each Catholic bishop in the United States. At the end are the names of the 132 Catholic professors who signed the letter......</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; min-height: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span class="font-size-3" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2 !important;"><a href="http://venturacountyteaparty.ning.com/profiles/blogs/132-catholic-professors-take-extraordinary-step-of-asking-all-bis"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">http://venturacountyteaparty.ning.com/profiles/blogs/132-catholic-professors-take-extraordinary-step-of-asking-all-bis</span></a></span></div></div>

132 CATHOLIC PROFESSORS TAKE “EXTRAORDINARY STEP” OF ASKING ALL BISHOPS TO STOP COMMON CORE

One hundred thirty-two Catholic Professors have taken “the extraordinary step” of signing  a letter  that asks all Catholic Bishops to stand...

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