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successful.” Fact: While the standards are mostly
ĂďŽƵƚ ƐŬŝůůƐ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ
According to the Common Core State areas that are required. The English lan-
^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ /ŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ ĂƌĞ͗ guage arts has required reading in Amer-
ͻ ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ ďĂƐĞĚ ica’s founding documents, important
ͻ ůĞĂƌ͕ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚĂďůĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶ- American literature, and Shakespeare.
sistent Math, on the other hand, has several key
ͻ ůŝŐŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ĂƌĞĂƐ͗ ǁŚŽůĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ͕ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕
ĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ƐƵďƚƌĂĐƟŽŶ͕ ŵƵůƟƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ĚŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ͕ ĨƌĂĐ-
ͻ ĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƌŝŐŽƌŽƵƐ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƟŽŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĐŝŵĂůƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ĂƌĞĂƐ
ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŚŝŐŚ- ůĂLJ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĂůŐĞďƌĂ͕ ŐĞŽŵĞƚƌLJ͕
er-order thinking skills trigonometry, and even calculus in later
ͻ Ƶŝůƚ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ůĞƐ- grades.
sons of current state standards
ͻ /ŶĨŽƌŵĞĚ ďLJ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚŽƉͲƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ Myth: The standards are a curriculum.
countries to prepare all students for suc- Fact: dŚĞ ĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ĐƵƌƌŝĐƵůƵŵ ŝƐ Ă
cess in our global economy and society ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚLJ ŐŝǀĞŶ ŝŶ Ă
school. The standards help create a cur-
According to the best available evidence, riculum, but are not a curriculum in and
ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƚĞƌLJ ŽĨ ĞĂĐŚ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ŝƐ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů of themselves. Each teacher can decide
for success in college, career, and life in how to best aid their students in master-
today’s global economy. The standards ing the skills and content required by the
Bulletin
ƐĞƚ ŐƌĂĚĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ ŐŽĂůƐ ĨŽƌ ŬŝŶĚĞƌŐĂƌƚĞŶ standards. There is no “right” way to im-
through eighth grade and then group plement the skills, but there are “right”
goals for ninth and tenth grade together, skills with which students should exit
ĂŶĚ ĞůĞǀĞŶƚŚ ĂŶĚ ƚǁĞůŌŚ ŐƌĂĚĞ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ each grade.
^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŬĞLJ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Myth: Because of the standards, English
common core state standards, but there language arts teachers will no longer be
are a lot of myths and facts that surround ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƚĞĂĐŚ ĮĐƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞLJ ǁŝůů ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ
them. I’ve outlined some of the most use texts about science or history.
ƉƌĞǀĂůĞŶƚ ŵLJƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂĐƚƐ͗ Fact: While it’s true that teachers of
English language arts will need to incor-
Myth: The standards are all about skills ƉŽƌĂƚĞ ŶŽŶͲĮĐƟŽŶ ƚĞdžƚƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐƵƌƌŝĐ-
and do not include content. ulum, many of the skills required by the
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