Balancing the Common Core Curriculum in Middle School Education: Composing Archimedes’ Lever, the Equation, and the Sentence as an Interdisciplinary Unity

This book examines the idea of ‘good education’ which is thought to include a scientific and technical component, a mathematical component, a writing component, and an ethical and aesthetic component. Bunn proposes a new three-way intersection in these teachings: the basic sciences and mechanics of levering on a seesaw, the basic formulations of patterning an algebraic equation, and the basic rules for writing a sentence in English. In all three forms of inquiry, balance is the mainstay through which problems in US middle school education are brought together and analyzed. James H. Bunn is Professor Emeritus of English at the University at Buffalo, USA. Introduction: Balance at the Core Chapter 1: The Archimedean Lever Chapter 2: The Equation Chapter 3: The Sentence Chapter 4: Seeking a Middle Measure