Common Core Standards

We have always been taught that education is a very important part of life. Somewhere between 4 and 6 years old, all of us have had to start school. The curriculum that we were taught may have differed from one school to the next. I have heard stories in my life from people who have had to move many times in their lives. Some would say there are better schools up north with a better curriculum. Others have told me that schools in the south are laid back with an easier level of study. How does any of that make since? 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 …show more content…
Many teachers were unsure of what this meant for the style of teaching they had become accustom to. The big question that was on everyone’s mind was, “What kinds of impact will this have on our economy?” Nobody really knows how much implementing the common Core will cost America (Strauss, 2013). Some K-12 teachers felt the burden the standards would put on schools that already had high performing students and were well prepared for college was unnecessary. They felt that implementing the Common Core into the standards they already had in place would not only be extra work, but would be a waste of time and money (Herzog, 2014). The other question that was brought up was “What to do with the school that lacked the resources and funding to implement the standards?” For schools to switch to the common core would require an upgrade to equipment and also the technical support for the new tests, those cost along were estimated to exceed that of the exams themselves (Strauss, 2013). Along with financial losses, others were concerned with curriculum and resources for students and teachers. Would students whom were already in school be able to adapt to the changes to the curriculum of the common core and rise to the challenges they would bring (Jenkins, 2013)? Not only were they worried about how the students would acclimate to the changes, but also to how the teacher would. Teachers would have to go back to school to get the required training to implement the common core’s digital curriculum and technical training for the new testing. The cons of switching to the Common Core standards would be a big hit to this nation’s economy, spending extra time, and resources to implement the curriculum in schools across the nation. So is it worth the

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