Meet the New Common Core

bluebayou
Thu, 18 Jun 2015 21:45:41 +0000

Our district switched to Common Core. Why I am against it:

1. Last year math teachers were "trained" all the time. Kids were taught by substitutes, while math teachers were re-trained for new standards.

2. This year teachers were teaching without textbooks. Doable, but messy.

3. This year Algebra teacher didn't know what he is supposed to cover for the next Chapter test. Tests were designed somewhere in the district, teacher was not aware (even approximately) what are they planning to test.

4. The "advancement" curriculum is a mess.

Really, what you should be “against” is incompetent administrators who had no clue on how to implement change.