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Common Core State Standards

            On June 2, 2010, the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics (CCSS) were released, and since then, over 45 states including New York have adopted the Common Core State Standards and are now working to implement the standards. Common Core State Standards were introduced by a council called The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). They state that with the introduction of the Common Core curriculum it will raise the achievement levels of the students across America. They also aim at getting students college and career ready by making clear, consistent guidelines for what every student should know and be able to do in math and English language arts from kindergarten through 12th Grade. These standards were drafted by teachers and experts from all over the country that are designed to ensure students are prepared for today's entry level careers. The Common Core Curriculum focuses on development of critical thinking and problem solving that the government believes are needed to be successful and competitive in the modern career world. The new standards also give the teacher a better way to evaluate the progress of her students through the regular standardized testing. This allows her to identify the students weak points in their learning and help them better understand those subjects. With all of the standardized testing schools could potentially be more competitive because they can see where they nationally rank compared to the other schools throughout the nation.
             Although common core sounds like it would be a good thing to implement since the education system is currently failing the country and its students, it has not gone as good as the Government had hoped. There has been a lot of criticism coming from the several states that have adopted the Common Core Standards. For example states like Oklahoma and Indiana have already completely dropped Common Core Curriculum.


Essays Related to Common Core State Standards

1. Common Core Curriculum Standards

The New Jersey Common Core Curriculum Standards pose a major problem in today's education world. ... Even though there are countless professional workshops that can help teachers with the common core standards, the state (New Jersey) seems to be coming up short with test scores and the production of college ready students. ... The myths and facts of the common core standards are a real eye opener. ... Research has shown that most teachers are in favor of the common core standards. ... The common core standards put such a heavy technology component into the new curriculum. ...

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2. Common Core and American Education

Fast forward to 2010, when the Common Core standards were adopted by many states as part of Race To The Top, a new program dedicated to raising standards in education to be more college ready, (The Week). ... As part of the conditions states had to implement the Common Core standards or standards closely aligned with them. ... (The Week) The new Common Core standards have been a detriment to student's education according to Brian Farmer, a writer for the right wing magazine The New American. ... The reiteration that the Common Core is not a curriculum, but is instead a set of standards, ...

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3. Common Core Education System

Common core is an education system in which academic standards are national. ... Nearly every state has adopted Common Core. ... Overtime Common Core, began to experience opposition. ... Additionally, Stephen Krashen states in 'The Common Core' that, "the Common Core ignores the real problem in American Education: poverty". ... This is because they would not be able to afford the high standards held by Common Core. ...

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4. National Standards

- (O'Neil, 1993) It is very possible to develop a core set of standards that would be fair and equitable, but we must first define the meaning of standards and what they will include. ... In other words, no single national test would be created, but multiple assessments would be linked to common national standards to provide a complete portrait."" ... standards must be grounded in the core disciplines. standards must be specific enough to assure the development of a common core curriculum. ... For example here is a project (see attached sheet) created using one of ...

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5. Glen Beck and Exposing the Truth about Common Core

Abstract This paper explores what Glenn Beck is trying to explain in "Conform: Exposing the Truth about Common Core and Public Education." ... Are We Doing the Best to Provide Education For Our Children Conform: Exposing the Truth about Common Core and Public Education Over time, people of all different walks of life, think they know what is best for education. ... Just as government is overseeing the students and what they are learning and eating, government is trying to create a standard, "Common Core State Standards", to oversee what teachers are doing in the classroom. ......

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6. A Formula for Maintaining High Acacemic Standards

Patrick, author of "Student Achievement in Core Subjects of the School Curriculum,"" summarizes findings from twenty years of NAEP by stating, "Only small proportions of students appear to develop specialized knowledge needed to address science-based problems, and the pattern of falling behind begins in elementary school."" ... Patrick, author of "Achievement of Goal Three of the Six National Education Goals,"" an update of his earlier work, "Student Achievement in Core Subjects-, lists several factors associated with higher student achievement in core subjects. ... Another popular method of...

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7. Curriculum Development in High School

Both of these departments provide education standards; one provides standards for the federal level, and one provides standards for the state level. Although these departments provide standards for education, they do not provide an official "blueprint" for core course curriculum revision. ... They state that the curriculum should align with the basic education standards for the core courses. ... All three of these school districts display common practices when it comes to the core curriculum revision process. ... When developing a new curriculum, the North Allegheny School District p...

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8. The standard solar model

This model is known as the standard solar model, and it has been in a state of constant evolution since its inception. The standard solar model has four basic assumptions; 1. ... Long before astronomers knew about nuclear fusion, they had a good idea of how the density and temperature of stars increased toward their cores. ... ENERGY TRANSFER IN A STAR Radiative Transport of Photons The most common method of energy transport in normal stars is by photons. ... This can happen, for example, in white dwarfs or neutron stars, or in the cores of massive stars. ...

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9. Problems in the Teaching Profession

An example of this would be Common Core. The idea of Common Core is that all states should have the same curriculum; the same standards for students. ... On one hand, education is decided by the state government and so some states have not approved Common Core standards. Currently, forty-three states have accepted it and while that is a majority, the goal of Common Core can not be achieved until every state approves it. ... For some, the Common Core standards demand too much change in too little time (Common Ground"). ...

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