Missouri Education Watchdog: Another Disenchanted Teacher on Common Core

Missouri Education Watchdog: Another Disenchanted Teacher on Common Core:

Another Disenchanted Teacher on Common Core

by stlgretchen

From tomakeaprairie.com and On Programs, Broken Promises and Why We Aren’t Finland:

And that brings me to another reason I’m heartsick. Having actually welcomed the Common Core Standards for the emphasis they seemed to place on reading for deeper levels of meaning, I now find myself feeling disappointed and duped.

I’m heartsick for another broken promise that’s explicitly stated in the Standards: that teachers would be “free to provide students with whatever tools and knowledge their professional judgement and experience identify as most helpful for meeting the goals set out