The Current School Reform Landscape: Christopher H. Tienken and Common Core Examples

First, watch this video, then see the Common Core aligned examples below.  

"The standards are an example of data-less decision making 

based on this long held myth about education 

that if we standardize the knowledge for all students  - 

that somehow that's a good thing."

"The common core standards are simply another version of 

imitate and regurgitate... 

shouldn't we be moving beyond that knowledge imitation?"

"We need to expand, enrich and diversify."

Examples:

• Common Core standards in a kindergarten math lesson
• ELA:  Literature and Writing