The Texas Legislature is considering changes to school standards. That was the inspiration for this Typewriter Rodeo poem.
Standard – for the Standard
they’re bringing back cursive
that’s what i’ve heard
as state testing standards
just get more absurd
new math and readings
at far above grade
it makes us all wonder
how these tests get made
at the direction
of the state school board
can make a kid feel
like they’ve been common cored
every congressperson
riding the wave
of education reform
right to its grave
should spend a whole month
in some real school
to see that they’re real,
no political tool
so let’s pay our teachers
and let them alone
that’s how kids do best
so the studies have shown…
Produced by Laura Rice.