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The most recent issue of Education Week has a good article written by Catherine Gewertz on the slow implementation of the Common Core. According to the article, “the future of the common core remains uncertain at this important juncture because many districts still are not fully prepared to impart the new academic expectations in English/language […]
Read More…Good news for Common Core assessment supporters. Arianna Prothero writes an article in the September 23 issue of Education Week that 72% of the nation’s superintendents support Common Core assessment. This is an increase over previous polls.
Read More…Education Week has reported that a pair of high profile polls by PDK/Gallup and Education Next show growing opposition to implementation of the Common Core Standards. The source of the principal opposition to the Common Core appears to be a misconception by the public that the standards are a “top-down” initiative spearheaded by the Federal […]
Read More…The current issue of Education Week has a good article worth reading and reflecting upon. It concerns the Common Core Standards and the opposition in some states to those standards. There are three problems associated with the Common Core Standards: Teaching to the Common Core is difficult; Assessing mastery of the Common Core is difficult; […]
Read More…Teaching to the Common Core Standards requires students to actually demonstrate that they know how to think and how to apply and understand the material which they are taught. Aligning the curriculum to the Common Core Standards is much easier IF one considers the student as “having a job as a learner.” When someone has […]
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