Common Core Standards and Differentiated Instruction Alesia Rachel EDU 673: Instructional Strategies for Differentiated Teaching & Learning Instructor Fernandez November 17, 2014 An Overview and Focus of the Common Core State Standards Initiative The Common Core State Standards are a group of Standards that are meant to help students successfully prepare for college, the workforce and life itself. The Common Core State Standards spells out what each student should know at each grade level. Research…
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new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is a recent debate topic that has been gaining momentum. The Common Core is a set of academic standards in mathematics and English that are designed to outline learning goals for students in each grade. The standards are supposed to ensure all students have the tools to succeed in college, career, and life. Currently forty-two states in the United States have adopted the Common Core ("Home | Common Core State Standards Initiative"). However, the standards are…
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Shouldn’t kids be learning the same thing no matter where they go to school? In 2007, the discussions for a common core started by the state chiefs in Columbus, Ohio. Let’s do some math, the first school was founded in…
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Common Core: Rethink the Standards In the history of the United States education has embraced constant change thinking that new ideas will save society, When in reality, these changes are hurting the students in America. The latest idiotic change 45 states and Washington, D.C. have already embraced is the Common Core State Standards. According to state leaders, they have launched Common Core to ensure graduating students will be highly prepared for college, the workforce, and life (“Development…
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The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an educational crusade in the United States that fine points what kindergarteners through senior high school students need to comprehend in English and math, by the end of each grade. This initiative was meant to satisfy the parent’s need that their child is receiving the same level of education as in other states, however it is failing to do so. In 2010, California adopted the Common Core State Standards and chose to align with one of the two multi-state…
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Common Core: Is it Helping? Education. The new and controversial Common Core standards have set the guidelines for almost every student in the United States. Whether they are effective is still being questioned by many. “With Common Core Standards, the expectation is that all students have the same knowledge and learning at various stages in their educational process and then graduate with a common group of skills that will enable them to succeed in college or career,” says Kristina Valentine from…
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Intro Although new Common Core State Standards have increased critical thinking skills, the financial stresses and the structural problems directly relating to students are not being addressed. Background Info Creation of Common Core The development of the Common Core State Standards was a state-led effort that commenced in 2009 with the help from governors and state commissioners of education from forty-eight states, two territories and the District of Columbia. It was made possible The…
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state content and performance standards. Units Unit 1 (trimester long): Grammar and Vocabulary Common Core State Standards Covered (Codes only): CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.1 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.4 Unit 2 (5 weeks): Short Story Unit Common Core State Standards Covered (Codes only): CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.1 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.5 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.4 Unit 3 (3 weeks): Research Expository Essay Common Core State Standards Covered (Codes only): CCSS…
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Common Core has no political side, It's not a republican issue nor a democratic issue. There are republicans who support it while some who don't support it vice versa with democrats who like the idea and some who hate it. The goal for Common Core was to have students in different countries all learning the same basic math and english skills. However, the problem with Common Core is the student will have to be in a routine rather than comprehend the subject they are learning resulting in students…
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Research Paper The new Common Core Curriculum has me wondering how students with learning disabilities manage to critically think and write effectively. According to corestandards.org, “The common core is a set of high quality academic standards in mathematics and ELA” (Read the Standards para. 7). The new common core curriculum started in 2009 to enforce consistent learning goals and also ensure that students graduate from high school with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in college,…
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