Education News – Grace Smith
“Back in 2010 when Common Core arrived in New York, Cheryl Schafer, a veteran math teacher, soon saw that the materials teachers were given were not what they needed to teach the new national standards. The textbook publishers responded with editions they said were aligned to the standards, but almost all of them were simply repackaged versions of the earlier books. Matt Collette of The Daily Beast writes that even now, the majority of textbooks are not aligned with the national standards and the resulting burden on classroom teachers is huge since their performance is often tied to students’ test scores based on Common Core standards. Having the correct materials for teaching the standards may even make a difference in a teacher’s paycheck.”(more)