Currently, students in schools across Louisiana follow the state’s Comprehensive Curriculum. This will change come the 2014-2015 academic year when the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) must be fully implemented, the Bastrop Daily Enterprise reported.
In addition to equipping students with knowledge that is aligned with college and work expectations, the CCSS’ website states that the Standards will combine basic instruction with a focus on the real-world application of the skills they gain in the classroom. For example, at the high school level, students will be required to apply mathematical ways of thinking to real world issues and challenges.
For any educators, parents or students who are confused about what the real-world application of classroom topics will be like, David Nordman, the Morehouse Parish Schools’ secondary curriculum superintendent, provided the news source with an example.
"If I give you a basic multiplication or division problem, you would give a standard answer," Nordman said. "If I give you an actual problem that identifies so many square feet to build a fence and a certain amount of money to do it, that’s a real-world application."
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