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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Teachers Feel Unprepared For New Common Core Curriculum, Tests, Survey Finds

A survey of 745 Maryland teachers shows that two-thirds of teachers (65%) don’t feel prepared to implement the new Common Core curriculum, which was introduced in public schools this fall.

And almost nine out of 10 (88%) answered there are still significant challenges to understanding and implementing new evaluation systems that measure progress on teaching Common Core.

The Maryland State Education Association (MSEA), a teachers union that represents about 70,000 teachers and support staff, surveyed teachers online in May and then followed up last week.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just a new way to brainwash our children into communism you are also seeing the push to get the kids as early aas possible pre k for brainwashing.

Anonymous said...

Lets teach them to appreciate novels before they know sounds. Ridiculous

Anonymous said...

Just another mandate poorly implemented. I feel sorry for the teachers and the kids both.

Anonymous said...

5:22 - Your comment shows you know nothing about Common Core

5:43 - Your comment shows you know a lot about Common Core. It's ridiculous to read the expectations. Completely out of touch.

Anonymous said...

6:21. you may have some understanding issues yourself. common core comes out of agenda 21 from the U.N. it's devious at best. better read up on the facts. you may be very surprised.

by the way, agenda 21 and common core have been in existence for a number of years. nothing new here, but as usual the sheep are asleep and usually don't do their homework...

Anonymous said...

Common core is terrible