Here's a quote taken right from the article. Stop me if you've heard it before:
"Administrators describe the curriculum, published by Pearson Education, as providing rich, problem-based, student-centered lessons that foster inquiry and develop critical thinking skills. They believe the result of developing those skills will be increasing student achievement."
Hah! I love the first tag.
ReplyDeleteSusanS
"Young said the district's emphasis has to be to help educate parents about the new curriculum..."
ReplyDeleteSTOP!
The parents just don't understand. That must be it.
It's always fun until someone gets hurt...or uh, until no one learns any math for a few years.
ReplyDeleteWe'll be seeing a lot more of this in Iowa. K-8 schools are required to have their plans for implementing the Iowa Core finished this summer, with full implementation required by 2014-15.
ReplyDeleteKTM readers will recognize the familiar constructivist buzzwords at the Iowa Dept. of Ed website describing the Iowa Core.
If only the kids could learn the language used to describe the textbooks rather than the content of the textbooks. Higher-order thinking!
ReplyDeleteI Think of your talents as the things you’re really good at. They’re like personality traits. For instance, you may be a very creative person, or a person who’s really good at attending to details or a person with a gift for communicating. Your talents are the base for any successful business venture, including a home-based business.
ReplyDelete