
The Common Core State Standards are being introduced in all but four states, presenting the need for immediate and far-reaching instructional changes. This exclusive online-only story package explores the ways classroom educators, in a variety of subjects and with a diverse range of students, are adapting to the new framework for teaching and learning.
Sarah Kirby, 17, looks for textual evidence to support her interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby during an advanced English class at South Side High School in Rockville Centre, N.Y. South Side's principal, Carol Burris, says that more rigorous coursework can help schools make the transition to the common standards.
—Emile Wamsteker for Education Week.
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A Real-World Geometry Lesson
Take the biggest (and the smallest) table challenge: This whole-class geometry lesson gives students a new perspective on area and perimeter. Covers the practice and content standards under the common core.
Take the biggest (and the smallest) table challenge: This whole-class geometry lesson gives students a new perspective on area and perimeter. Covers the practice and content standards under the common core.
Interview
March 13, 2013 Teaching expert Charlotte Danielson discusses the effects of the common standards on instructional practice and teacher professional development.
First Person
March 13, 2013 High school math teacher Alison Crowley says the common standards are helping her go beyond steps-based instruction.
First Person
March 13, 2013 Joel Malley, a high school English teacher who specializes in digital-writing methods, reflects on the course of his work under the common standards.
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