Common Core Accelerates Interest in Online PD
Educators plan to share resources across state and district lines
Now that all but five states have adopted the common-core state standards, education leaders are working to create and distribute high-quality professional development to guide teachers through the transition.
Those leaders cite the Internet as a powerful tool for sharing resources and materials across state and district lines.
“We’ve always had the ability to share resources, but now those resources are aligned with the same student expectations,” said Greta Bornemann, the project director for the implementation of the common standards for the office of public instruction in Washington state. “Especially during the fiscal crisis that we’re in, we can really tap into the power of working together [as a...
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Clarification:
In an earlier version of this article, a statement attributed to Timothy Kanold, the past president of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, should have said that there are as few as 28 standards in math for some grade levels.
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