Tag: Standards
The Curriculum Conundrum
Every time an outlandish, over-the-top homework assignment or controversial textbook is reported on it’s automatically assumed to be the direct result of Common Core by many of its opponents. While Common Core has numerous and well-documented problems and shortcomings, we can’t truthfully blame everything on it – as tempting as that may be… Leslie Beck of […]
Yes, the Common Core DOES tell teachers HOW to teach
“No, you’re wrong.” I don’t know how many times Stacey and I heard that at our presentation last night in Burley. A couple of teachers were there to “school” us on the “misinformation” we were spreading about Common Core. One of the “You’re wrong”s came when we were discussing the standards themselves. “They don’t tell […]
