Don’t let the name fool you – this education plan is important | Peter Callaghan - The News Tribune

Don’t let the name fool you – this education plan is important | Peter Callaghan - The News Tribune

Don't let the name fool you – this education plan is important

It can’t be a coincidence.

SIMILAR STORIES

• 'Common Core' standards clearer, more rigorous
• 90 percent of seniors passed reading, writing tests
• 90 percent of seniors passed key statewide testing
• 90 percent of seniors passed key statewide testing
• 90 percent of seniors passed key statewide testing

PETER CALLAGHAN; STAFF WRITER

Published: 07/25/1012:05 am

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It can’t be a coincidence.

Whenever the education establishment is in the midst of significant, systemic change, they give it a mind-numbingly boring title. Think Washington Assessment of Student Learning and Essential Learning Requirements.

And now, Common Core Standards. Boring name; meaningful change. Pay attention.

Common Core Standards, tentatively approved by state schools chief Randy Dorn last week, are a detailed delineation of what school kids should learn and know in both math and language arts in each grade – from kindergarten to senior year in high school. From these standards will flow new instructional directions for teachers, new textbooks and other materials for their classrooms and new tests for their students.

Because they are common – that is, arrived at and accepted by a majority of the states – learning will not vary from state to state. Third grade in Takoma Park, Md., will look and feel a lot like third grade in Tacoma, Wash.

Read more: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/07/25/1276209/dont-let-the-name-fool-you-this.html#ixzz0uhSXPhGJ