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Rethinking common core : the missing piece sabotaging its success  Cover Image E-book E-book

Rethinking common core : the missing piece sabotaging its success / John Jensen.

Summary:

This book examines the aim of Common Core and how the structure of U.S. education has limited its potential; why many states, district administrators, teachers, and parents oppose it, and the changes that might help to set it back on track.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781475820676
  • ISBN: 1475820674
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 68 pages) : illustrations
  • Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
The hole we were in -- How the problem arose -- How common core solved the problem -- The objections to common core -- How standards create a problem -- The clue from your use of paper -- How the response addresses the problem -- Why students retain so little -- How a simple idea can matter -- An effective solution -- How you can apply the solution -- How you can help students assimilate knowledge -- How teachers may handle levels of ability -- What it means to learn a whole subject -- How you can help students be creative -- How this approach remedies the learn and lose system dominating us education -- How you can motivate students to cooperate -- How to include parents -- How students can perform publicly -- How to meet required testing -- How to test exactly what students know -- How testing can energize students -- How quickly you can make these changes -- What we can expect of common core.
Restrictions on Access Note:
NLC staff and students only.
Language Note:
English.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Common Core State Standards (Education)
Education > Standards > United States.
Educational change > United States.
Effective teaching > United States.


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