CC isn’t going to replace just “some” of the literature with informational texts, but a good percentage of it.
And where is the proof that reading informational texts will help students in today’s work environment? Does it improve their comprehension, critical thinking, or analytical skills? It could, however, bore them to the point that they no longer want to read anything.
Maybe reading informational texts will prove invaluable to our children. Maybe not. We don’t know that, yet, because it has never been studied. This should not be brought out statewide until it has been tested in a pilot program. (I vote to exclude my daughter.) Why take the chance of creating a state (country) full of kids who hate reading (even more than some of them already do)?
We adults did not have to suffer through informational texts in English class but are perfectly capable of understanding them. How else would we be able to comprehend the 85% of informational texts we supposedly spend our time reading?
Like you, anonymous, I just want what is best for our kids. I applaud educators for trying to improve our standards. I just don’t think sacrificing (even some) literature for something that may or may not work is the way to go about it.
