A roundup of news about the Common Core
By Tyler on May 16th, 2012
This is one in a series of posts examining the Common Core State Standards and the conversation surrounding their impact on teaching and learning.
Here are a couple news items to be aware of if, like me, you’re following coverage of the Common Core State Standards.
1) News came last night that David Coleman, the most prominent of the authors of Common Core reading standards, is leaving his current post to become president of the College Board, which administers the SAT.
2) The great John Merrow of PBS took at look at how the Common Core standards could bring about a shift in the types of books students use to learn to read in school — and accelerate schools’ shift away from fiction-focused basal readers.
What do you think about the standards’ increased focus on non-fiction reading?
Posted: May 16th, 2012 under Education. Tags: books, common core, non-fiction, reading.
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I believe that non fiction text is important but resist the push to focus so heavily on it. Additional non fiction text can be read in content area classes. ELA classes should be balanced with a wide variety of genres. We disadvantage our students when the scope of what we teach becomes greatly limited. Diverse literature is needed.
Comment on May 16, 2012 at 5:44 pm
I agree! Common Core requires that we ensure a healthy balance of genre focus, with attention given to non-fiction. We should find texts in Social Studies, Science, and Math that help support reading.
Comment on May 17, 2012 at 8:34 pm
