Teachers Say They Are Unprepared for Common Core

Unpreparedness is cited in common-core survey

Even as the Common Core State Standards are being put into practice across most of the country, nearly half of teachers feel unprepared to teach them, especially to disadvantaged students, according to a new survey.

The study by the EPE Research Center, an arm of Editorial Projects in Education, the publisher of Education Week , found deep wells of concern among teachers about their readiness to meet the challenges posed by the common core in English/language arts and mathematics.

"Teachers are under tremendous pressure," said Lisa Dickinson, an assistant director of educational issues for the American Federation of Teachers, which conducts several common-core training programs in school districts each month. "The new standards do require a major shift in instruction. And the needed...