15 Wrong Ways to Implement the Common Core
“15. EXPECT THAT A PACKAGED PROGRAM WILL BE THE MAGIC BULLET.
14. EXPECT THAT ANYTHING WILL BE THE MAGIC BULLET
13. Put all your eggs in the technology basket.
12. Remove everything from your curriculum that isn’t attached to a Common Core standard.
11. Don’t empower the creative genius of students and teachers.
10. Go it alone.
9. Focus only on outcomes and not processes.
8. Equate complexity with difficulty.
7. Make it more about curriculum-alignment than instructional practice.
6. Ignore the need for professional development.
5. Don’t communicate with parents and the community.
4. Say, “We do this already.”
3. Don’t network outside of your school.
2. Be afraid.
1. Don’t focus on kids.”
Stephen
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