New National Content Standards: Give your Input Now

Friday, 3/12/2010

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As you may have read, the Teacher Leadership Exploratory Consortium released its recommendations this week for a new National Content Standards system.

According to the New York Times: “The new proposals could transform American education, replacing the patchwork of standards ranging from mediocre to world-class that have been written by local educators in every state.”

Should a majority of the states adopt the proposed standards, it could be a real benchmark in education reform. A major facet of the new standards is that they are “vertically aligned.” According to the Times, that means that “material students are to learn in early years builds a foundation for what is to come in the next grade.

“’Students are asked to do progressively more challenging things, and although that may sound obvious, it’s a real breakthrough,’ said Michael Cohen, an Education Department official in the Clinton administration who is president of Achieve.”

It’s Your Turn

The Teacher Leadership Exploratory Consortium would like to hear from teachers all over the country about what they like and dislike in the proposed standards. They have even set up a website tofacilitate feedback.  Reviewing and critiquing the new content is easy:

• Go online to the Teacher Leadership Exploratory Consortium Website
• Review the proposed new standards
• Take the simple survey

We want to hear from you! What do you think of the new standards? Did you offer feedback to the Consortium?

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