COMMON CORE:

BRINGING CALM TO

CLASSROOM CHAOSJEMELLEH COES

2014 GEORGIA TEACHER OF THE YEAR

POPULATION: 72,000

PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE: 62% OF STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR FREE/REDUCED LUNCH

LANGSTON CHAPEL MIDDLE SCHOOL: 78% OF STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR FREE/REDUCED LUNCH

COUNTY PARTICIPATES IN FEDERAL MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM

BULLOCH COUNTY SCHOOLS

MIGRANT STUDENTS’ CHALLENGES• PHYSICAL HAZARDS

• ISOLATION

• FAMILY SEPARATION

• SOCIOECONOMIC DISADVANTAGES

• ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• LANGUAGE

• GRADUATION RATES

TARGET SIGHTED: MASTERY

UNDERSTANDING

MASTERY

TOO MANY NEED REMEDIATION

•SURVEY: 250K COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS

•59% NEED REMEDIAL MATH

•33% NEED REMEDIAL READING/WRITING

COMMUNITY COLLEGE RESEARCH CENTER

"TODAY'S STUDENTS MUST BE PREPARED TO COMPETE IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY. THESE STATE DEVELOPED STANDARDS MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE

PREPARED FOR COLLEGE AND THE WORKFORCE.“ ~ GOV. SONNY PERDUE

BETSY, MIDDLE SCHOOL LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER, BULLOCH COUNTY

• RIGOR, RIGOR, RIGOR: HIGHER-LEVEL READING + CRITICAL THINKING = UNDERSTANDING

• EVIDENCE: PROVE IT!

• NONFICTION: STUDENT, PREPARE TO GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE!

ASHLEY, 6TH-8TH GRADE TEACHER, LEESBURG1. PROBLEM-SOLVING, CRITICAL-THINKING, CREATIVITY

2. QUALITY OVER QUANTITY

3. TECHNOLOGY: NOT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF USING IT

4. NO MORE MULTIPLE CHOICE!

5. THE PROCESS IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE ANSWER

KAITLYN, SPECIAL-ED CO-TEACHER “HAVING A COMMON SET OF STANDARDS ON WHICH TO BUILD OUR LESSONS HAS AFFORDED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE FROM ALL OVER THE STATE AND COUNTRY. WE ALL SPEAK A COMMON LANGUAGE NOW AND ARE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER IN OUR EFFORTS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVE.”

ERICA, K-5 TEACHER, SAVANNAHFEWER, DEEPER

BETTER, MORE LOGICAL ACADEMIC PROGRESSION FROM GRADE TO GRADE;

LEARNING THAT LEADS TO DISCOVERY

MASTER VS. ROTE MEMORIZATION

A TALE OF TWO STATES

KENTUCKY

• ALL-IN FOR 5 YEARS: STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT INCREASING IN MOST SUBJECTS AT EVERY GRADE

• THE LONGER STUDENTS EXPOSED TO COMMON CORE, THE BETTER THEIR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES

ARIZONA

• OSBORN SCHOOL DISTRICT: ALL-IN FOR 3 YEARS

• ONLY PHOENIX-AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SCORE A’S AND B’S

• 90% OF STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR FREE/REDUCED LUNCHES

A TALE OF TWO OTHER STATES

OKLAHOMA

• SUCCESSFULLY REPEALED

• FEDS: OLD STANDARDS INSUFFICIENT

• CHAOS: LEARN NEW STANDARDS, TOSS NEW STANDARDS, REVERT TO OLD STANDARDS, LEARN OLD STANDARDS, IMPLEMENT NEW-NEW STANDARDS … MAYBE

MISSOURI

• COMMITTEE TO REVIEW/REWRITE DEVOLVED INTO POLITICAL CHAOS

• CHAOS: POLITICS VS. ACADEMICS