Why I Became A Teacher

There has been some speculation to as if the Common Core is even working for the students. Is it preparing them for College? For the Common Core Standard to be successful in the schools all rely on how it is implemented. Do the teachers implement the Standards in a good way or a bad way? The Common Core Standards are already hard to understand let alone teach. During research, on how the Common Core Standards are being implemented they found that there were teachers that undoubtedly know they are supposed to be implementing the Standards (Polikoff, 2017). This brings me back to say that there are many people that do not fully understand the Common Core. Some teachers are still confused on the fact that they have to implement it into their classrooms and everyday planning. Common Core is set up to help you, it tells you where your students should be and what they should be learning at the grade level. With not knowing anything about the Common Core, teachers are having a difficult time when it comes to implementing it into the

When Common Core was put into full effect, teachers were unprepared and were not given the professional development that was needed to effectively implement these standards. As Sarah Boslaugh says in her article, “the new standards are more demanding than those already in place in many school systems and teachers and administrators do not have enough time to prepare for their implementation, which would result in widespread failure among students”(Boslaugh, 2015, para.1). Common Core’s standards were poorly implemented and it is causing the system to fail. Sue Pimentel, a founding partner of the nonprofit Student Achievement Partners and lead writer of the Common Core State Standards for ELA and literacy states, “Teachers aren't being given enough time to work together to develop the materials and teaching techniques that will be necessary to effectively implement the Common Core, nor are they being given enough time to observe and critique each other's teaching” (qtd. in Tucker, 2014, para.3). Sue Pimentel is saying that teachers are not properly trained to teach their students the Common Core curriculum, so it is illogical to have these standards be implemented. Since teachers are now required to follow a step-by-step format to teach, along with a set of required criteria to be met, the classroom has completely changed both inside and out. A majority of schools are not even attempting to help teachers with this change. “Adapting to change: teacher perceptions of implementing the common core state standards” is an article written by Brooke Burks. This article discusses how teachers are coping with this rapid change of curriculum. As the article says, “fewer than fifty percent of school districts planned professional development reared towards implementing and aligning Common Core standards” (Burks, 2012, p.4). Teachers are in need of any

Common Core State Standards Initiative caught parents and teachers off guard alike. Not many truly understand that concerns, consequences, and underlying issues that surround Common Core. It wasn’t until children were venting their concerns, teachers were frustrated with the statistics undermining their duties, and parents questioning Common Core’s teaching practices – that Common Core was put under the spotlight. An educational reconstruction sponsored by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers sought out to establish a unified education standard that would detail what K-12 students were to know in English and Math alike. Common Core’s mission is to

    Not only is Common Core a stress to students, but also to the people teaching it.  Teachers are now forced to deal with the challenging transition of  teaching a whole new way, and the standards that are given by the Common Core are cursory.  Not being able to teach the way they believe is right could lead to many veteran teachers to become ineffective and bored at their jobs (Meador).  Common Core also brings with it a myriad of topics that have to be taught to the students, which makes the teachers have more on their plates and not able to teach lessons to their fullest (Strauss).  Many superlative

It would have made it easier if our administrators explained the purpose of common-core to us instead of just expecting us to adjust. I feel as though I went in blind. If they had explained to us the purpose of common-core, I would have understood more of what to expect with my students and would have been better prepared. Also, after reading this article, it made me as a teacher appreciate common-core more. There are teachers out there that do not have the common-core standards, but still use the curricula because “the materials are simply the most well-vetted and widely available at this point, and that they line up nicely with their own states' standards” (Heitin, 2015, p. 1). Similarly Heitin (2015) shared, “from the classroom perspective, you're not thinking about is this a common-core lesson or is this not, you're thinking about is this a good example of what I want my kids to know and be able to do," said Sarah Maffei, who teaches at KIPP Shine Prep in Houston. “So you're reaching out for resources anywhere, and there are more [common-core] resources available because it's been so widely adopted" (Heitin, 2015, p.

For those unsure about the logistics of the Common Core, allow me to fill you in on its negative aspects. The Common Core “represents a set of national standards with the aim of imposing uniformity on the country’s schools through rigorous testing requirements” (Kibbe, 2014). The standards act as a constant reminder for public

Common Core is slowly destroying our educational system for an expensive cost. Since the launch of Common Core students willingness to learn has gone down, along with their test grades. Since the launch of Common Core taxes have gone up, school budgets have been cut, and citizens have become unhappy. Common Core is simply not working for America, it is a waste of taxpayers’ dollars and students’

Common Core has been the educational bane of many a parent and teacher, alike since its inception. While there are a number of educators, parents, and politicians that support the Common Core curriculum, that isn’t the case with everyone and for good reason. There is more to Common Core than you may realize.

Continuing to have common core in our schools is destroying our kids lives. It is making them stressed mentally and physically just about taking one test: Parents can do very little to help their children, since it is a new way of learning. Both the parents and the children know little so they must be taught at the same time or not at all. Common core is causing a gap in the education system, making it harder for parents to help their children learn.

The Common Core Standards have been confusing for me as a parent and as someone who works in the field of education. I understand it is designed to help kids think outside the box and helps provide them with lasting critical thinking skills that will be beneficial in their personal lives, college, and career by the time they finish high school. It is a standardized concept of examples that all teachers nationwide have access to. As a parent, I have found myself unable to help my son with some of his language arts homework. I have had to reach out to some of my coworkers who are teachers to help me, help him. Parents do not get a training class on how to understand the standards or resources to help their children with homework assignments

Common Core emphasizes students gaining more knowledge so that they could do well on Common-Core aligned tests, meaning teachers are still expected to train their students to do well on standardized tests. There is no positive change, the values placed on scoring well on tests rather than improving students’ education are still the same as before Common Core was adopted. Teachers are still being forced to teach while being pressured to get their students to do well on tests. Because Common Core was adopted without much explanation to parents and students, it is only natural that its implementation is met with outrage since the advocates did not strive to inform the citizens what the CCSS were but focused on communicating with politicians (McGuinn). It is possible that people do not actually hate the CCSS but rather the standardized testing that came with

Over the years, many things about education has changed tremendously. A huge part of education in today’s time is common core. Common core is a set of educational standards for teaching and testing English and Mathematics between kindergarten and twelfth grade. There is an outstanding amount of varying opinions concerning common core throughout the United States. Many states, including Tennessee, feel as though common core is what is best for the students and will help them academically throughout their learning career, while an abundant amount of parents and teachers think students are working themselves to death instead of having the fun students need.

I am not very familiar with the common core other than I had to use it as a reference last semester, to create a lesson plan for EDUC 100 class. I did ask some of the teachers I work with if they like or dislike the common core and why. The response was not reassuring. One of the reasons why they did not like the common core was the introduction of Algebra II as a core class requirement for high school graduation. They say not all students need that class in real life. Another reason was that not all states have the same standards, so when the students move to Iowa from another state, it makes it difficult for them to keep up with the classes that are required for them to move on, or they are not academically prepared for the next level.

Common core when introduce is an important part of our educational system as it allows all students to be taught with the same instructional material regardless of the school they attend. Working as a home liaison and truancy officer, I witness first hand a student inability of achieving as they was moved from school to school which allowed them to be to advance for their new placement and/or below the standards. With common core, it allows students to be on the same level of academics regardless of their transition. Sadly, the common core is not geared to all students, as many students learn and think differently, curriculum is not allowing the student to stop and think about what they are learning as it sole focus is on math and reading.

Students in elementary are getting college work, and not learning what they need to get to go to the next grade. Children in Kindergarten are learning how to multiply before they learn how to subtract or add. To some people, this sounds great, but is it? One should want his or her child to find out how to add before multiply because it goes hand and hand. The people that made Common Core made the parents believe that it is right for his or her child, however, the curriculum includes hard topics that are learned in higher grades. “Put a stop to Common Core before it does further damage to our children’s education.” (Haskins, State Discretion over Subject). There are parents around the world that want common core to stop because they are “complaining about the new Common Core-aligned Math and English curriculum their children are bringing home” (Toscano, The Common Core). Common core is not only stressing out the children, but it is also stressing out the parents that care about his or her child well-being.