Common Core was adopted by many states in hopes that schools would perform better and be able to compete with the rest of the world. With the new Common Core Standards in place some states are not doing as well as they hoped. In April of 2012 at a public school in Brooklyn‚ a teacher named Trisha Matthew assigned her students to write self-portrait poems. Most of her students compared themselves to LeBron James or a loud piano. One student named Chrispin decided to write about something more meaningful:
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child goes to school just to be force-fed a curriculum focused on English and Math‚ just so they can pass a state test at the end of the year. That is the world that K-12 public students are forced to face with the Common Core Standards (CCS) initiative. The Common Core Standards is a “set of information and skills that students are expected to master at each grade level” (Greenblatt). The initiative should be revoked or dismissed from the United States public school system as teachers are uncomfortable
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that our government provides. However‚ the new common core standards are an example of governmental failure. Common core standards are an attempt to have every student in the US compete against the best and the brightest students from other countries. These standards are causing students extreme
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not be taught the same way as students who have no learning disabilities. Indiana‚ which adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)‚ is now eliminating those standards because‚ the state asserts‚ Common Core “takes control of educational content and standards away from parents‚ taxpayers‚ local school districts‚ and states” (Volsky). The Indiana legislators want to write new standards‚ which are governed locally‚ not at the federal level. NEED A TRANSITION?? Forty-five American states‚ the
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Grade Level: Kindergarten Length of Lesson: 35 Minutes Common Core/GPS Standard(s): ELACCCKRL2: With prompting and support‚ retell familiar stories‚ including key details. ELACCKRL3: With prompting and support‚ identify characters‚ settings‚ and major events in a story. Lesson Objectives: SWBAT to identify the story elements beginning‚ middle‚ and end of story. SWBAT to identify characters‚ setting‚ and events in story. SWBAT to retell the story including story elements and key details
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1.1: Explain the importance of Multi-Agency working. Multi-agency is when a group of organisations comes in as a whole to go and help someone or a group of people such as a family. They will work closely with them to give each of them help they need. Multi-agencies can also mean “A range of different services which have some overlapping or shared interests and objectives‚ brought together to work collaboratively towards some common purpose” (Wigfield and Moss‚ 2001‚ p71). Multi-agency is important
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1.1 Understand the expected pattern of development for children and young people from birth – 19 years; explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth – 19 years. There are five main aspects to development; each of these must be explored to make sure I fully understand them before giving examples of them at each stage of development. Physical Development; this is all about physical movements‚ fine motor skills (drawing using a pen/pencil correctly)‚ gross motor skills
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1.2 Explain how communication affects relationships in the work setting. We need good communication in the work setting as:- * It gives a better understanding on how to relate to individual children‚ for example a parent could share their child always starts sucking their thumb when tired. * It builds trust between parents and carers. * Workers can gain and share relevant information to ensure best possible care. * It forms positive relationships with the people we work with and
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CYP 3.5 Learning outcome 1.1 Positive relationships with children and young people are important for them emotionally and socially. When children feel more comfortable in the setting they can separate from parents easily and they can participate with the learning activities and this can help their development‚ when you have a strong teacher/nursery officer relationship with a child they are less likely to show unwanted disruptive behaviour because there is a mutual respect and the child respects
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7.1 As access to a mobile phone and to the internet can have a number of risks‚ with an increasing number of children and young people having access to these also increases the possibility of the following – Cyber-bullying – This can be anything from a text to an email or even pictures. This can make a child feel embarrassed‚ upset‚ afraid and depressed‚ all of which can have a damaging effect on the child which could lead them to having other problems like eating disorders‚ depression which would
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