I
currently subscribe to several newsletters and find them all filled with
various, valuable resources for education.
One email in particular jumped out at me this week from Learning
A-Z. The email contained a link
discussing further about core standards that have been adopted by forty-five
states and the District of Columbia.
These core standards help educators prepare students to compete with not
only their American peers in the next state, but with students around the
world. Since every state had their own
set of academic standards, the core standards aim to be comparable with
high-performing countries and the best existing state standards.
As we
are discussing quality education at all age levels, this struck my
interest. It provides educators with valuable
resources needed to successfully implement standards in order to build children
with a strong foundation in English, science, and writing so they are prepared
for college and future careers.
The Learning
A-Z website is: http://www.learninga-z.com/
Catherine
Thome wrote a supporting article, Bringing Common Core Standards to Life, that
dove into additional detailed about the common core standards and how they are
spreading the value of the standards throughout the United States.
Both
the website and the article contained information that added to my
understanding of common core standards.
I believe that having a set of standards that is derived from the best
of all countries, we can set up our children for future success. I still think there needs to be room for
children to be children, but educators need to be able to support balance in
the classroom.
Another
insight that I found interesting on the A-Z website was Bob’s Blog. It contains, "What's new, what's in need
of change, what's improving, and how can we make it even better?" There were many interesting bogs that give
common topics a different perspective.
This is a blog that I know I will frequent to keep up to date on
changes.
References:
http://www.learninga-z.com/
, n.d.
Thome,
Catherine, Bringing Common Core Standards
to Life, Retrieved from
Thank you for mentioning core standards that are used to help bring children to the standards of not only america but across the world. If we strive to help our students to be better to compete with the world we will be able to provide great leaders. I do agree with you that children still need to be children but this is certainly a new way to look at creating. standards.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing this resource. I plan on putting it in my resource file for future use. Several of the articles I read this week spoke of a common core of standards for all 50 states. I am glad that it is coming to fruition. I hope to read Catherine Thome's article also to get additional information about the core standards.
ReplyDeleteHi Erika, thank you for sharing this link! I have just taken a quick look at the site and I cannot wait to go back later to dive in and see what information I can use. As much as I focus on play, any tools and resources I can use to "beef-up" my literacy curriculum, I love it! Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteHello Erika,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your wonderful resources. I look forward to following the link and Bob's blog to receive additional up to date information and techniques. Early childhood is constantly doing research to improve current techniques and helps us meet the unique needs of our families. I would like to read more about what techniques are being used to being competitive with other countries.