In a world where everything is changing, the education system is no stranger to the shift in new standards and different guidelines. The New Jersey Common Core Curriculum Standards pose a major problem in today's education world. Teachers aren't sure how to use the standards correctly nor do they fully understand them. 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. There are both positive and negative views on these fairly new standards. They theory behind this new way of teaching show promising results, but many critics believe they were "based on ideal situations/aspirations in education by people who have funding and for students who already are ahead of the learning curve." In other words, the standards were created without every child in mind.
Like everything in this world, small businesses and major corporations adapt to change every day. Technology and demographic economics have been changing for years, and because of this, education follows. New rules and regulations are thrown into school districts every year, sometimes every quarter (or semester). The common core standards have not been around for very long, so in order for a proper investigation of the history of the common core standards to take place, we need to dive in to the current research and data very carefully. Between myths vs. facts and pros vs. cons, there are many different outlooks on the common core standards. According to http://thecommoncore.wordpress.com, In brief, the pros to the common core standards are to "prepare students for a competitive global economy," "provide national continuity in education," and "designed by a diverse group of teachers". While the cons pose that the standards "do not guarantee improvements in testing on the global scale", "cannot be tailored to all of the diverse population of our nation", and "a program created on ideal situations/aspirations in education by people who have funding and students already ahead of the learning curve.
