GOOD STUFF (COMMON CORE STANDARDS)
The most recent initiative that parents and certainly you amazing teachers should know is the CCSS (Ca). The CCSS are academic standards that were developed in 2009 and changed and improved upon again in 2012 in order to provide "a consistent, clear understanding of what stuents are expected to learn, so teahcers and parents know what they need to do to help them."
The development of of the national teaching standards is an important yet tricky "thing" to keep an eye on. I think most teachers, myself included, didn't think teh CCSS was goingg to have that significant of an impact. Well, I sit corrected. That said, I thought I'd compile a robust collection of resources that I think are quite useful and helpful for understanding what Commor Core really means:
What Common Core State Standards are — and aren’t by Valerie Strauss at The Washington Post
Testing the Common Core Standards, also by Valerie Strauss. She has also written The problem(s) with the Common Core standards.
The Common Core: Policy Triumph or Commercial Bonanza? by Nancy Flanagan at Ed Week.
Will National Standards Improve Education? is a useful New York Times forum.
Common Core Standards: Hardly an Evidence-based Policy by Larry Cuban.
National Standards a Wild Goose Chase by Anthony Cody at Ed Week.
David Cohen has a very thoughtful post titled Common Core Confusion. Be sure to read the comments, too.
Common Core Confusion – ASCD Edition is by David B. Cohen.
Jeffrey N. Golub: Common Core Standards Leave Teachers Out of the Equation is from Ed Week.
Good riddance to new national standards is by Jay Mathews at The Washington Post.
Choking on the Common Core Standards is by Joanne Yatvin and appeared in The Washington Post.
Common Core won’t likely boost student achievement, analysis says is from Valerie Strauss at The Washington Post.
Common Core: David Coleman is no Doug Lemov… is by Alice Mercer.
Why Common Core Standards Will Fail is by Larry Cuban.
Standardization: From Carnegie Units to Common Core Standards is a guest post at Larry Cuban’s blog.