Wanted: Common Core Stories
After the big splash of Common Core Standards coming on the education scene there’s been a notable silence since they have begun to roll out.
I’m looking for stories of how these new standards are playing out in schools for better, the same, or worse. I began asking as we pulled new calendars out of their plastic wrapping and hung them where 2011 used to be.
So far I have heard that it’s pretty much a blind scramble as districts and teachers try to make changes. I’m hearing that in some classes these changes are minimal and others visible. Some folks are saying that as far as