Rethinking common core : the missing piece sabotaging its success / John Jensen.
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. |
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Subject: | Common Core State Standards (Education) Education > Standards > United States. Educational change > United States. Effective teaching > United States. |