Fattening my Little Calves

A new report has been released by Common Core that suggests that the reason we are behind the high performing nations of the world is our lack of a comprehensive, content-rich education in the liberal arts and sciences; the absence of the dedication to educating our children deeply in a wide range of subjects.
The Core Knowledge folks put it best: What do we have that better performing nations lack? Data, perhaps. If you want to fatten the calf, surely we can do better than our present steady diet of thin gruel in between all those weighings.
No wonder it feels so natural for me to homeschool. It's simply another take on the age-old motherly instinct to feed our children well: stomach. heart. mind. soul.