Board Of Ed Talks Common Core In County Classrooms

Despite controversy surrounding Maryland’s full-fledged adoption of the Common Core State Standards this year, many still don’t know how the set of federal benchmarks translates into practice.

Snow Hill High School Principal Tom Davis and English teacher Jack Cleveland gave an overview of the changes they’re seeing based on the new English/Language Arts and Literacy (ELA) standards at Tuesday’s meeting of the Worcester County Board of Education.

“We’re talking about a change in practice,” Davis said, but “it’s not a complete change.”
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