Final Draft of C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards Released
The National Council for Social Studies just released the final draft of theCollege, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards. I haven’t had a chance to read through the final draft yet, but what I find interesting is how the Council of Chief State School Officers backed way from it. They were the ones who facilitated the effort to develop these standards. Without any fanfare or news that I could find this was given to the National Council for Social Studies to complete and CCSSO doesn’t have any fingerprints on the final draft.According to NCSS here are the guiding principles for the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards:
- Social studies prepares the nation’s young people for college, careers, and civic life.
- Inquiry is at the heart of social studies.
- Social studies involves interdisciplinary applications and welcomes integration of the arts and humanities.
- Social studies is composed of deep and enduring understandings, concepts, and skills from the disciplines. Social studies emphasizes skills and practices as preparation for democratic decision-making.
- Social studies education should have direct and explicit connections to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.
They also write:
The C3 Framework, like the Common Core State Standards, emphasizes the acquisition and
Rex Tillerson’s Support of Common Core Built on False Premises
Last week Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil, wrote an op/ed in The Wall Street Journal entitled “How to Stop the Drop in American Education.”In it he makes some false premises in supporting the Common Core. The first false premise is that these standards are state-driven.These voluntary, state-driven standards are a set of expectations for the knowledge and skills that students from kindergarten