Sentences with phrase «heard of common core»

In the Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup annual national survey, 62 percent of respondents hadn't heard of the common core.

The poll found that more than one in four Californians had never heard of the Common Core and that nearly 60 percent of voters said they knew either little or nothing about the standards.

62 percent of respondents have never heard of the Common Core State Standards, and of those who did, the majority mistakenly believe they apply to all subjects or are a federal requirement.

«Almost two of three Americans have never heard of the Common Core State Standards,» write William Bushaw and Shane Lopez in the report announcing results of the national Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup poll Wednesday.

«Today's college students have never heard of the Common Core,» said Claudine Keenan, dean of the education program at Stockton.

- Almost two - thirds have never heard of the Common Core State Standards and related tests, and most of those who say they know about the Common Core do not embrace it.

He's not alone — a poll recently found that two - thirds of Americans hadn't even heard of Common Core — and that's unfortunate because it leaves the door open for those at the extreme ends of the political spectrum to step into the vacuum.

According to the Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup poll, about 45 percent of parents with kids in public school had heard of the Common Core.

A 2011 survey of public school teachers found that more than 20 percent of teachers had either never heard of Common Core or weren't sure what it was.

Several students at Reno high school who were interviewed for this documentary admitted they'd never heard of Common Core until their teacher told them a reporter was coming to ask them questions about it.

That year a PDK / Gallup poll noted that nearly two - thirds of U.S. adults have never heard of the Common Core.

Only 43 % of the public — but 89 % of teachers — says it had heard of the Common Core before the survey, indicating that the debate over the Common Core has yet to register in the minds of many Americans.

While the Common Core initiative is actually a product of state cooperation, the 2014 Education Next survey found that 64 percent of respondents who had heard of Common Core believed that «the federal government requires all states to use the Common Core standards» (see «No Common Opinion on the Common Core,» features, Winter 2015).

An August 2013 PDK / Gallup poll found that just 45 percent of public school parents had heard of the Common Core.

(By way of comparison, just 43 percent of Americans surveyed by Education Next in 2014 had even heard of Common Core; among those who had, a majority said they were «not very knowledgeable about it.»)

It's no wonder that, in 2013, Gallup reported that 62 percent of Americans had never heard of Common Core.

The 2013 PDK / Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Towards the Public Schools found that of those who had heard of the Common Core, 49 percent of respondents agree with the false statement that the initiative will create standards in all subjects, and 39 percent agree with the false statement that the Common Core was developed based on a blend of state standards.

In addition, further polling of those who had heard of the Common Core indicated that they believed a great deal of misinformation about it.

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With the adoption of the Common Core state standards in mathematics, the biggest complaints I hear are from parents.

NEW YORK, NY (10/29/2013)(readMedia)-- Today, The Business Council of New York State, Inc. testified at a New York State Senate Education Committee hearing illustrating the need to support Common Core standards, innovative learning models and access to early learning opportunities that will help prepare New York students to meet workforce needs.

It is becoming increasingly common to hear criticism among backbenchers of one of the core European Union doctrines, the free movement of workers.

The report includes testimony given during five public hearings Mr. Flanagan has held in recent months that sought public feedback on the state's implementation of Common Core.

Just a handful of Syracuse residents turned up to the Common Council's first public hearing on the lengthy and divisive debate over the future of Interstate 81 through the city's core.

The Senate Education Committee, led by Long Island Republican John Flanagan, has released a set of relatively mild legislative proposals for tweaking Common Core implementation, informed by a set of public hearings he held around the state.

Yet, she told a Senate Education Committee hearing on the state's new Common Core standards, under the new rules, even she could not score a rating of highly effective in the new teacher evaluations.

Some education leaders say it's time to hear Governor Cuomo on the troubled Common Core Learning Standards when he delivers his annual State - of - the - State message.

The Speaker says his members are hearing from their constituents about unease over the botched implementation of the Common Core.

We often report on the struggles of Common Core Learning Standards in the classroom, but in this Focus on Education report WBFO»S Eileen Buckley takes us inside JFK Middle School in Cheektowaga to hear about how educators and students are embracing it successfully and how future teachers are gearing up for the challenge.

The New York State Education Commissioner testified at a legislative budget hearing, where he once again heard complaints from concerned lawmakers on the fast track adoption of the new national Common Core standards.

Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor testifies in support of Common Core State Standards during a legislative public hearing on March 11.

The state's education commissioner testified at a legislative budget hearing, where he once again heard complaints from concerned lawmakers regarding the fast track adoption of the new national Common Core standards.

It seems that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has heard the complaints of many superintendents and principals: Common Core, in its current form, has some problems, and it's time to make some changes.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's Common Core Task Force was in Daemen College, finishing up its round of hearings and preparing to deliver its report to the governor early next year.

Senator Gipson told the education commissioner that he'd like to meet some of those people, because he had not heard from anyone with a positive view of the Common Core implementation.

State Education Commissioner John King testified at a legislative budget hearing, where he once again heard complaints from concerned lawmakers on the fast track adoption of the new national Common Core standards.

There is not enough time: Like the arguments we've heard about why recess has been minimized, some would argue that Common Core has gotten in the way of reading time.

For instance, you may have very concise medical or scientific information that needs to be consumed by your learners, and you may have the core aspects on screen; but your narration needs to be of a little more common language or at least easier for a narrator both to speak and be heard.

A PDK / Gallup poll conducted in 2013, a time when controversy over the common core was rising, found that nearly two - thirds of Americans had not heard of the standards.

Only 22 percent of public school parents first heard about the Common Core from school communications such as a website or newsletter.

Even now I'd love to hear someone try to articulate Common Core's theory of change.

You've heard from Ted Rebarber about his cost estimate of Common Core implementation.

I suspect that not all of my friends agree with me, but I am glad that you are holding this hearing and debating the issue of whether Indiana should stick with the Common Core.

In our travels around the country since the Common Core Standards were released, we sometimes hear comments such as, «Oh, here we go again;» «Same old wine in a new bottle;» or «We already do all of this.»

This year's poll shows that awareness of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is inching up, even though nearly two - thirds of those surveyed still have heard «nothing» or «not too much» about the CCSS.

Find coverage of the Indiana State Senate hearing on the Common Core English standards, in which Sandra Stotsky testified, from a Heartland Institute's live blog.

Perhaps the most exciting (and terrifying) idea I've heard of in recent months is someone suing states based on their failure to achieve reasonable student proficiency percentages under the new Common Core assessments.

As governors and legislators debate the fate of the Common Core, they hear repeated five impressive claims that Core advocates lay out: that their handiwork is «internationally benchmarked,» «evidence - based,» «college - and career - ready,» and «rigorous,» and that the nations that perform best on international tests all have national standards.

Resistance to the Common Core State Standards may be spreading in parts of Red State America, but Californians are learning more about the new math and reading standards and generally like what they have heard, according to a new survey by the Public Policy Institute of California.

I was troubled the other day to hear a colleague describe how hard it was to motivate a group of teachers to take on some aspect of the Common Core because they were «so focused on the high - stakes assessments.»

Common Core opponents claimed at a public hearing that teachers were not involved in the creation and development of the standards, or that their comments and feedback weren't used.