Sentences with phrase «already teaching the new standards»

At the time of the pause, teachers in kindergarten and first grade were already teaching the new standards.

says noted literacy expert Timothy Shanahan, who explores the five following legends with the hope of slowing their spread: (1) The new standards prohibit teachers from setting purposes for reading or discussing prior knowledge; (2) teachers are no longer required to teach phonological awareness, phonics, or fluency; (3) English teachers can no longer teach literature in literature classes; (4) teachers must teach students at frustration levels; and (5) most schools are already teaching the new standards.

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(Calif.) Even as a press event by the state superintendent last week focused attention on a handful of schools already teaching lessons based on new science standards, legislation was being crafted that would delay until 2017 development of the tools educators need to bring that new curriculum into all California classrooms.

Controversies have since popped up all over the country: Indiana has adopted legislation that «pauses» implementation of the standards, although some teachers are already teaching to the new standards.

In the current environment of rapid change in early childhood education, staff need support to update their skills and knowledge about teaching culturally and linguistically diverse populations, using new assessments, meeting new standards, addressing already identified special needs, identifying potential special needs, implementing high - quality curriculum models, and making decisions about using technology.