The days when teachers called the shots in the classroom are coming to an end in many of the nation’s schools. Once the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are fully implemented, students will be the ones in the driver’s seat.
"It used to be, I do, we do together, now you do," Kaitlyn Steigler, a teacher at Tennessee’s Southwind Elementary School, told the Memphis Commercial Appeal. "Now, the kids will take charge. The teaching will be based on what we figure they know or don’t know."
The CCSS will be fully implemented across Tennessee by the 2013-2014 academic year. Once schools transition to curricula that are aligned with the Common Core, students will see a drastic reduction in many of the concepts they are expected to tackle in the classroom. For instance, the number of math standards pupils in the third grade have to deal with will drop from 113 to 25.
In addition to giving students more control over what they are learning, the CCSS will help educators acquire curricular and teaching strategies designed to help them provide pupils with clear and consistent education.
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