Common Core backers are sneaking a social and political agenda into nationalized curriculum, say critics, who now have new ammo in a writing lesson plan for teachers that they say gives a slanted ...

The Common Core Curriculum Void : ... lesson plans, homework assignments. ... For example, one Common Core math standard says fifth-graders should be able to use place value understanding to round ...

The Common Core State Standards state what students should master, but they are not a curriculum. Jumping from the standards to create lesson plans misses a crucial middle step of developing a ...

For example: Common Core Standard (9th Grade English Language Arts): Analyze how words and phrases shape meaning and tone in texts; ... Assessing student progress can help teachers understand if they ...

Since Share My Lesson launched in July of 2012, there have been 8.2 million downloads; as of Feb. 9, there are more than 700,000 registered users and more than 300,000 posted resources, of which ...

At Tulane University, teacher candidates must now write sample lesson plans that are aligned with the Core, said Linda McKee, director of the teacher preparation and certification program. Prospective ...

To keep up with the demands of the new Common Core curriculum standards, teachers have made major changes to their lesson plans and the instructional materials they use. Principals aren’t ...

Districts are involving teachers in the selection process. During the five years since California adopted the Common Core State Standards for mathematics and English language arts, the search for high ...

Common Curriculum: online lesson planning for teachers, officially launches at Max’s Taphouse Updated 4:00 p.m. 8/23/12: The version of Common Curriculum launched last night “represents about a year ...

Right now, America's schools are in a sprint. Forty-four states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core State Standards. That means new… ...

Teachers, parents, students adapt to new Common Core curriculum KCRA 3's David Bienick shows us some examples of the old and new ways of learning.