Week 5 - Post One

This week's topic in EDC 533 was the Common Core State Standards.  There's a lot of people on both sides of the issue, some for adoption of the CCSS and others against them.  In this post I'd like to discuss my view of the CCSS.

The Common Core State Standards are just that, standards.  They are not a curriculum, they are guidelines to follow.  States, districts, schools, or teachers should be able to add to or omit certain topics or standards as they deem necessary.  The CCSS offers a common set of standards for all of the states in the country to follow.  If they are developed to cover the basic concepts that are deemed important and not put forth any particular detailed requirements, then they will be adoptable and successful for all states.

I think that in general, the CCSS are a good idea.  As long as they are thought of as guidelines and not set in stone then they can be successful.