Fewer teachers are enthusiastic
about Common Core implementation and fewer think the new standards will help their students, according to a survey sponsored by education publisher Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Finally, an incredible seven in ten (68 %) public school teachers report that they are «enthusiastic
about Common Core implementation in their classrooms,» although slightly fewer agree this year over last (down five points from 2013).
Thanks to the Gates Foundation and the Scholastic Corporation we now know that the implementation of the Common Core standards are going great and that an incredible seven in ten public school teachers report that they are «enthusiastic
about Common Core implementation in their classrooms.»
In fact, an incredible seven in ten (68 %) public school teachers report that they are «enthusiastic
about Common Core implementation in their classrooms,»
I'm proud that Eduflack has been asked to contribute the written word to that platform, writing
about Common Core implementation.
In fact, in a recent survey
about Common Core implementation from teachers» perspectives, 74 percent said that more planning time would help them feel better about teaching the new standards.
«Teachers in LAUSD have uncovered the unanswered question
about Common Core implementation — how do we raise the academic standards for all students when our most vulnerable children, those in special education and our English Learners, have historically struggled to meet the lower bar set by previous standards,» said Ama Nyamekye, executive director of Educators 4 Excellence - Los Angeles.
But as you think
about Common Core implementation, remember to recognize the opportunities to keep students at the center of your classroom.
In the Scholastic survey, nearly 60 percent of teachers said their concerns
about Common Core implementation were influenced by the fact that their own job evaluations were tied to how well their students perform on those new assessments.
Here's a plan to put a hopeful message in a bottle for the summer of 2015: America Achieves and the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) would work with the America Achieves to design a teacher survey asking
about the Common Core implementation identified treatments and other strategies (e.g., instructional coaching using digital video captured by coached teachers, a specific textbook or curriculum, supplemental programs for students, etc.) their school is using, and a principal survey asking about similar topics.
When Georgia announced its decision to drop out of one of two federally funded assessment consortia aligned with the Common Core, it sparked a lot of Twitter hand - wringing
about Common Core implementation from Andrew Smarick and Rick Hess, not to mention a Politico article using verbs like «crumbling» and «unraveling.»
Fordham's Amber Northern talks
about Common Core implementation at the EWA's 67th National Seminar.
I look forward to reading your thoughts and experiences
about Common Core implementation in the non-ELA classroom.
There's a lot
about Common Core implementation that's tough work and highly controversial.
Teaching Channel offers more than 240 useful videos
about Common Core implementation, from broad overviews to lesson ideas for specific standards.
Tisch said in a statement that the working group will review testimony from various consituencies
about the Common Core implementation and report back to her by the board's February meeting.
Not exact matches
There are also concerns
about implementation of the new federal
Common Core learning standards.
Since the moment I was sworn in as your assemblyman, the one topic that seems to come up in just
about every conversation is the
implementation of
Common Core.
This month's meeting will focus on the New York City Department of Education's (DOE's)
implementation of the
Common Core learning standards,
about which many parents have expressed concerns.
«Our members are very knowledgable
about education issues, and while there is great concern
about the
implementation of the
Common Core and the over-reliance on testing, there are many other issues that are front - burner for NYSUT members,» he said, listing concerns over the property tax cap, equitable school funding, the teacher evaluation system and the statewide expansion of pre-kindergarten.
There's also reportedly agreement on Cuomo's two - year property tax freeze, with some modifications to his original proposal, a two - year delay of some
Common Core standards
implementation and expansion of an upstate manufacturing tax credit statewide (which the Senate Democrats are not at all happy
about).
There are also indications that even the Assembly Democrats may reject at least one of the incumbent Regents, seeking to make a statement
about widespread dissatisfaction over the
implementation of the
Common Core learning standards.
The Speaker says his members are hearing from their constituents
about unease over the botched
implementation of the
Common Core.
He says there may be disagreements
about implementation and the teacher evaluation law, but the
Common Core standards themselves are beneficial to students.
The New York State Board of Regents intends to push back the
Common Core standards due to growing concerns
about its
implementation.
Meanwhile, New Yorkers are unsettled
about recent trends in education, particularly the state's
implementation of what's known as the new
Common Core standards, part of a national effort to raise the level of class room instruction.
But there are other topics that unsettle New Yorkers, including ongoing controversy over the
implementation of the
Common Core learning standards, uneasiness over the economy, and concerns
about corruption, in a year where the two leaders of the legislature were arrested and face trail in November.
Meanwhile, New Yorkers are unsettled
about recent trends in education, particularly the state's
implementation of what's known as the new
Common Core standards, part of a national effort to raise the level of classroom instruction.
And with ongoing
implementation of
Common Core standards and assessments, Skandera pursued what she calls «truth telling,» or being honest
about school and student performance after too many years of failing to acknowledge a painful reality.
Share with us your thoughts and ideas
about the
Common Core standards and assessments, and
implementation, in the comment section below.
As debate rages on
about Common Core and its
implementation across the nation, students are sitting in classrooms waiting for things to change.
Fordham's Amber Northern talks
about her research on
Common Core implementation in a presentation called «Spring Training: Working on the Fundamentals» at the Education Writers Association's 67th National Seminar at Vanderbilt University.
«We support the standards, but have major, major problems with the
implementation» really means «Damn, we asked for the
Common Core but we don't like all this talk
about evaluating teachers based on student performance and this was the best line our beltway consultants could come up with to get us out of this jam.»)
For Business as Usual (the most expensive approach) it's
about $ 200 million, for Balanced
Implementation it's $ 29 million, and for Bare Bones you could actually save $ 23 million by moving to the
Common Core.
You've heard from Ted Rebarber
about his cost estimate of
Common Core implementation.
Five - plus years into the experiment with new «college - and career - ready standards» (of which
Common Core is the most notable and most controversial example), we know little
about teachers»
implementation and the ways policy can support that
implementation.
Tom Loveless wrote in December 2015
about some of his earlier work on
Common Core implementation in «Has
Common Core Influenced Instruction?»
For
implementation of the
Common Core to be truly successful, parents and families must not only know
about the CCSS, they must have the capacity to help students learn in accordance with the standards.
Even so, Linda Darling - Hammond, chair of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, said she worried
about the impact on the
Common Core implementation if the trend toward hiring relatively inexperienced teachers continues.
That's why CTB / McGraw - Hill has developed this illustrated infographic summarizing what everyone needs to know
about Common Core State Standards and what teachers and students can do to get ready for
implementation.
In an effort to educate parents
about the new
Common Core State Standards, they created a website that explains the purpose of the
Core and details its
implementation state by state.
Dr. Corinne Hyde talks
about Common Core controversy, standards
implementation, tests, curriculum materials and USC's online guide to the
Common Core.
Report is based on surveys of nine rural districts
about support for
implementation of
Common Core standards in math and English language arts.
Anne Udall, of the New Teacher Center, talks
about how the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, is affecting
Common Core implementation.
And she's not right to fail to note that the
Common Core would have been — at least at this point in time — a sort of ambitious pilot program involving a smallish number of states that were serious
about the
implementation challenges, until the feds blundered into the middle of it with «incentives» that turned it into a sort of national piñata.
Districts that are serious
about high - quality
Common Core implementation select, evaluate, and hold principals accountable based on their skills in instruction.
A second predictable reason for apprehension
about or abandonment of the
Common Core is the imminent
implementation of the new assessments.
Ms. Gates was in New York to visit New Visions Charter High School for the Humanities II, in the Bronx, and to talk with local teachers
about professional development and
implementation of the
Common Core State Standards.
Not only will these folks undermine effective
implementation of
Common Core, but in their counter-effort to roll back national standards, they will destroy much of what was good
about state standards and tests.
It's really important that everyone is communicating clearly and accurately
about Common Core State Standards, and correctly depicts their state - based creation and locally unique
implementation.