Nine Ways the Common Core Will Change Classroom Practice

In this article, Robert Rothman explains that many teachers have been introduced to the new Common Core Standards and that most like the new standards. One complaint that was made however, was that the math standards were pretty much the same as before. Rothman goes on to try to persuade the teachers that they are different and he explains how. The first way is that the new Common Core Standards go more in depth than they did before. The teachers are to focus on the most important topics so that students can fully understand them. The old standards were criticized because they seemed to be teaching the same content year after year. The new Common Core Standards introduce new content in each grade and build on the understanding of the previous content. They also focus on all of the aspects equally and try to teach the students to fully understand and know how to use the knowledge gained. Students are encouraged to continually to work on math problems and use the appropriate tools until they solve them with the new standards. The English standards also changed with the new Common Core. Students are encouraged to read more nonfiction books and to really focus on what they are readings. A student should be able to explain a text using evidence or examples from what they read. Teachers are supposed to continually increase the complexity of what students read with the new curriculum as well. Small group and class discussion are also a new part to the common core.