Connecticut Educator: The Common Core Standards Are Gobbledy Gook

So I decided to switch it up this week, and follow a new blogger. The two women I have been following blog frequently, I just haven’t found anything interesting that they are blogging about. So I picked to follow Diane Ravitch. Students in my class follow her, so I decided to give it a look. Here personal blog is found here at http://dianeravitch.net/.

Diane Ravitch blogs about the latest news on education. For example, opinions about education issues, and also on the common core. She posts very frequently throughout the day. The blog post that caught my attention was titled “Connecticut Educator: The Common Core Standards Are Gobbledy Gook.” I felt this one was a great post to read since as a teacher you will be basing your lesson plans off of this and how you teach your students. Also, I felt it described how most people feel about Common Core. So in summary, the entire post is quoted directly from Ann Policelli Cronin. She explains why she thinks the Common Core is a complete waste of everyone’s time. She states, “they were never tested on real students in real classroom, and no one can honestly say that they will prepare students for college or careers.” I honestly don’t think I could say it any better than how she did. Now this quote that I am posting below is a quote that Ravitch includes from Cronin, and I one hundred percent agree with Cronin.

Overall, I found this post intriguing and a definite must read, especially for those in the education field. From reading this post I was a little confused though as to if people in the education field are complaining and posting negative things about the Common Core, then why is no one going to try and fix this problem. We are teaching the future generation and should do something about this if so many people out there have opinions on how the Common Core is not good!