Footnote 18: Dumbing down the Core Curriculum

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In Footnote episode 18, Dr. Manion explains what it means when they say they are Dumbing Down The Core Curriculum. The federal government is at it again, pushing new “standards” for English that will require public school students to read government manuals instead of classical poetry and prose, all in the name of academic excellence.

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