FINALLY! A month later, I’m finally getting back to the third installment of my Common Core Standards series! I apologize for the delay, folks! Click below to read the first two parts. Part 1 – Common Core Standards: Busting the Myths Part 2 – Common Core Standards: What Do the Teachers Think? So, here we …
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Common Core Standards, Part 2: What Do the Teachers Think?
This is Part 2 of what will be a 3-part series on Common Core State Standards. Part 1: Busting the Myths can be found here. Part 3 will be my own reasons for supporting Common Core, as well as a couple of drawbacks I see to the standards. My goal for this post was to …
Common Core Standards, Part 1: Busting the Myths
There are a lot of arguments against the Common Core standards out there nowadays. Some of these arguments are based on misinformation about Common Core. If you know me, you know I’m pro-Common Core, and I want to share why. In this post, I will address some of the ideas and myths floating around about …
Common Core Standards: Catching Up On Informational Text
I am writing this post in response to an article titled “New education standards elbow out literature” by Alex Halperin at the online news magazine Salon. The standards that Halperin refers to are the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), which all but four states have adopted as their K-12 curriculum standards. Halperin suggests that the CCSS …