Education-erator
Note: All book titles are real.
by Susan Ohanian
Traditionally, the books we chose for our students reflected both our knowledge of those students and the values we hoped to impart (and a big value for many of us was "enjoyment." We actually held as primary value kid pleasure in reading. Now, money carries a big stick and with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation paying for the Common Core State (sic) Standards, we see a cosmic shift in the books consultants-for-hire put on student book lists.
This brings to mind the mid-November, New York Times Thanksgiving-erator, for people still uncertain about what to serve for Thanksgiving. Participants answered a few questions about preferences regarding main dishes, sides, desserts, and drinks. Based on the answers, the Thanksgiving-erator presented recipes for their meal.
First, the participant chooses a meal type: modernist, colonialist, nostalgist, hedonist,