Common Core‚ the "essential for success in college‚ career‚ and life in today’s global economy‚" according to their website‚ corestandards.org. The thing with Common Core‚ however‚ is all this "research" that went into what is necessary for the student to know for "college readiness is‚" is absolute trash. Looking over the English Language Arts Standards‚ they claim that these standards "[stress] critical-thinking‚ problem-solving‚ and analytical skills that are required for success in college
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Ever since it was implemented‚ the Common Core curriculum has been a very controversial topic among students‚ teachers and parents nationwide. Opposers believe it is a method of government control over the nation’s education system. Supporters think it will enhance education by giving everyone the same standards to meet or overcome. During my research I discovered what the government intended with Common Core and how it actually worked. The purpose of the Common Core is to better develop a student’s
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Tragedy of the Common Core Education is taking a step backwards instead of achieving new goals‚ and the ones in charge approve. The common core initiative‚ a recent controversial topic in government‚ is aimed to increase performance in school. However‚ multiple facts and students themselves are proving otherwise. The system is infiltrating this new standard that will only lead to a drawback in the future of America. There are multiple aspects that parents should consider before allowing the
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Anderson (2012) explain the idea of an entire population being vulnerable as “a public health concept that refers to vulnerability by virtue of status: that is‚ some groups are at risk at any given point in time relative to other individuals or groups.” The chronically mentally ill and the elderly go under this definition of vulnerable populations and could be helped by two conceptual models of nursing. Because those with mental illness usually have increased risked for being unable to identify
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The topic of Common Core preparing students for college and their careers is a topic of recent interest for both the author and the audience for many reasons. One reason is because common core is the way many students are taught in schools today. Another reason is because the author and the audience may both have the same opinion that common core is not preparing students very well for college or their career. The purpose of the popular article is to talk about the gaps between some core standards and
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Do you know what Common Core has to really offer to students in the 21st century? Well it does not seem to be the best way of teaching students as it is insufficient‚ time consuming and has a difficult understanding. These three things will explain why common core is not the best method for students as well as for teachers of the 21st Century. Common Core is an insufficient method of teaching students the standards that they will need in order to finish high school. Since this program is being pushed
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The common core‚ two simple words we all know and have heard quite often in the past few years with the attempts at education reform. It’s either something people accept or fervently despise. They form these opinions mostly based on the initial layer of information that they get‚ but with a few simple questions we can attempt to inform any and all who read the following article on the common core and then a true opinion can be formed. By asking the following trivial questions we can show the facts
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According to CommonCoreStandards.org the Common Core Standards is a “state-led effort to develop consistent‚ real-world learning goals” in an “effort to ensure all students‚ regardless of where they live‚ are graduating high school prepared for college‚ career‚ and life.” A contributing factor to the initiative of the Common Core Standards was that although each state “developed and adopted its own learning standards” there was no unification between states on what a “sufficiently educated” student
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Common Core Standards Heather L. Dudziak MTE 501 February 14‚ 2011 Cristina Campisano Common Core Standards Today the federal government has taken a role as a promoter of educational opportunity to students with numerous disadvantages. These disadvantages range from poverty to discrimination based on race and sex‚ to special education needs or even language barriers (Umpstead‚ 2008). Funds are supplied by the federal government for specific programs to improve educational quality;
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The Common Core Standards Initiative Sharen Michalec MTE/501 January 8‚ 2012 James Paga The Common Core Standards Initiative Educational reform was conceived in the1980’s when Peters and Waterman published a report and noted that focused on the social and economic state of the United States. It was also decided that more studies should be conducted on the excellence in education. It was noted that there is a poor quality of education in the public sector. This brought about a need
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