Excellent summary of why I oppose CCSS for K-3 m.washingtonpost/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/05/02/6-reasons-to-reject-common-core-k-3-standards-and-6-axioms-to-guide-policy/ 1. Many of the Kindergarten – 3rd Grade CCSS are developmentally inappropriate, and are not based on well-researched child development knowledge about how young children learn. 1, 2 2. Many of the skills mandated by the CCSS erroneously assume that all children develop and learn skills at the same rate and in the same way. 3. Early childhood educators did not participate in the development of the standards. 4. There is a lack of research to support the current early childhood CCSS. The standards were not pilot tested and there is no provision for ongoing research or review of their impact on children and on early childhood education. 5. The standards do not take into account what young children today need when they get to school. Children need play in school now more than ever. They need teachers who are skilled facilitators of play so the solid foundations can be laid in the early school years for optimal learning in the later years. 6. The adoption of CCSS falsely implies that making children learn these standards will combat the impact of poverty on development and learning, and create equal educational opportunity for all children.
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 20:48:44 +0000
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