Would any of us outside of the school system have even been thinking, let alone talking and blogging about changing the middle school schedule were it not for Common Core? Nope.
So, since we heard a lot of "Common Core requires us..." I thought we could take a look what Common Core State Standards actually are. I mean, I know that school system and school-based staff have had working knowledge of them for awhile, but us parents, not so much.
Howard County, as well as other Maryland school systems, is changing the K-12 curriculum to align with the Maryland Common Core State Standards. In 2010, the Maryland State Board of Education approved adoption of the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. The federal government did not develop the CCSS; it was a state-led effort. A brief history of the CCSS can be read here.
I first heard about Common Core from HCPSS when someone from the math office came to a PTA meeting last school year to describe the changes Common Core will bring to the elementary math curriculum. (I wish someone came to discuss the changes to middle school reading as well.)
The discussion and focus this year, though, is on the way the school system will change the middle school program to align with the Common Core standards for English and literacy. This video gives a good overview of the Common Core reforms and how they apply to middle school.
Questions? Thoughts?
hocoblogs@@@
0 comments:
Post a Comment