Two Common Core Supporters With Comments for the Critics Two relatively recent commentaries/blogs from EdWeek inspire this column. Substituting for Rick Hess in the EdWeek blogosphere, on Feb. 20, 2014 Morgan Polikoff from USC wrote “To Save the Common Core, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Common Core
Common Core: A Corporate Grab Bag
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“The Problem with the Common Core” I’m a Common Core State Standards supporter, and I’m often disappointed at the quality of the opposition to the Core Standards. In an earlier post, I suggested that much of the CCSS opposition is … Continue reading
“Close Reading” in the Common Core
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“Close Reading” is the new version of the Reading Wars All of us are concerned about the concept of “close reading” which has generated so much controversy in the Common Core. Because I generally support the Common Core Standards, and … Continue reading
Common Core’s PR Problem
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Common Core and bad public relations I’m intrigued and disappointed at the quality of discourse surrounding the adoption of the Common Core State Standards. Regular readers of educational news are witnessing the growing unhappiness among parents who are finding a … Continue reading