Four Myths About the ELA Common-Core Standards
Dina: Let me admit this up front: I can be a professional developer's nightmare. I am a skeptical, informed, judgmental know-it-all, and can typically be found sitting in the back with my elbows perched on my knees, listening with unnerving intensity, and asking questions incessantly.
Professional development consultant Cheryl Dobbertin has graciously, even eagerly, put up with me over the past few years, and in May, she visited my school for a session on the English/language arts Common Core State Standards. I've written (skeptically—surprise!) about the common core before , and came fully armed to Cheryl's session: I trusted her to take my skepticism head on.
She did. And we realized together that there are some critical aspects of implementing the ELA standards that have been...
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