Florence Johnson, I totally concur with your post. I had the exact same thoughts when I read "...embracing 21st century teaching and learning methodologies..." in the article by Viiki Biggs.

I enrolled my son in a Lutheran/Christ based school as a way that he would learn not only 2=2=4 but that "with Christ all things are possible". I am afraid that the schools are bending to the way of secularism in their teaching and will eventually fail to teach anything Christian.

Also, I did NOT want my son to be harassed by government testing nor have teachers short changed by not being allowed to teach what they want (so to speak) but what will be on the tests.

I would think this would be a VERY cautionary tale for any church based school who wants to align with the very entity that is trying to get rid of them as a whole.

First and foremost, I am my child's educator. I am in charge of what he learns, from who and where. That is MY responsibility given to me by God. If I choose to abdicate that responsibility and LET those who care more about the money they will receive from implementing "common core" than my child's best interests, then I would be a denier of all things Christian.

A government run school, by any means, will not allow it to remain Christ centered.

If this is what the new accreditation is all about, I want no part of it.