Should we get rid of common core?
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What is your rate of students transferring in and out mid year? Between grades?
The idea of common core so that basic skills and concepts are taught by everyone at the same grade everywhere is a valuable idea.v
I used a rhetorical question. The value of common core has been proved with a decade of decline. Don’t throw a “no true Scotsman” fallacy into this and try to confuse the argument. Common core didn’t work, and it’s not because everyone isn’t as smart as you.
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While there may be great arguments made about what standard best applies to what grade or if it’s rigorous enough, etc.- I believe there is a huge value to having a common set of standards across the nation.
To answer your question- No, we shouldn’t get rid of it. I’m very open to the possibilities of improving it, but abandoning common standards is not a good idea for “united” states.
Common (CORPORATE) CORE . Let's sell more curricular resources and PD sessions to schools...
A lot of both
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My district is currently in the process of doing so. I am in a coteach position in sixth grade and what we are piloting is being well received by the kids and my classified kiddos are more engaged in the lessons. Common Core (to me) is too one size fits all when that’s not how education is.
I agree education is not a one size fits all!
My perspective on this is…does it matter? When my daughter was in High School, she struggled with math until I taught her my way, her mom taught her another way, grandma gave her some tips, etc. She kept getting the answers right but her teacher all throughout never liked the work she was doing. Oh well, she graduated, attends Arizona State now and is doing just fine.
About common core? Agreed! I’m not proud of it or bragging but I went through High School in the mid 90’s without doing any homework in math, like NONE. I would pass all my test, exams, finals, quizzes any other word for an assessment and passed with a C average in Math. Only time I ever showed my work was on assessments, if needed.
Heck, four states never adopted them in the first place, one had partial adoption, and 11 have withdrawn. So… the CC was never a true nationwide standard in the first place.
I could see the value of CC-type standards nationwide for preschool and in the elementary grades, then eased out in middle grades, and not at all in high school. The foundation laid in younger grades is so important.
The kicker is that any standards must be enforced. To just continue the current social promotion until high school is ludicrous.
Yes. One thousand times, YES.
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I actually think our whole education system/curriculum needs to be revamped. We need to educate the child as an individual and not as a whole classroom. Look at the child just progressing and that not all children are going to college nor do they need to.
I don't think w should get rid of it but absolutely needs to be altered and not taking into consideration so much
I think that it's useful so that we can assess and ensure that all students are on the same level, but I hate that schools and teachers are judged so harshly because of it
But here's a question... should all kids be on the same exact level? Some kids will go off to college, some into a trade school, and some into the workforce. Do they all need the same level of knowledge? Do they all need the same skillset?
Yes, I think so. It doesn't really serve a purpose. If the lesson plans are assessed properly then we know that th students are learning the same thing