I keep hearing a lot about this Common Core standards being adopted across the country. Turns out that Texas is one of only 4 states that is not partcipating. Wonder why? Is it because we already have such a standards driven curriculum in place for our state? Are our standards higher than the ones in the Common Core? Or is it because our students are already tested to death anyway, so why add to it? I don't know.
Seems to me a nation wide standard is a good idea to a point. There are so many variations in funding, materials, building set ups, teaching methods,etc. across the country that I'm not sure how "common" the standards can be. Now a disclaimer-- I have not studied these standards yet so I don't know too much about them. And again, since Texas isn't participating, I hadn't really paid attention. Guess I should! Time to go and do some research on this topic.
So if anyone out there reading this is from another state who is participating in the Common Core, can you give me some information? Let me know what you think about this standard curriculum implementation.
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