Rethinking common core : the missing piece sabotaging its success /

Rethinking common core : the missing piece sabotaging its success /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Jensen, John, 1935-
Imprint:	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 68 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Common Core State Standards (Education) Education -- Standards -- United States. Educational change -- United States. Effective teaching -- United States. Common Core State Standards (Education) Education -- Standards. Educational change. Effective teaching. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13582999

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ISBN:	9781475820676 1475820674 9781475820669 1475820666
Notes:	English. Print version record.
Summary:	This book examines the aim of Common Core and how the structure of U.S. education has limited its potential; why many states, district administrators, teachers, and parents oppose it, and the changes that might help to set it back on track.
Other form:	Print version: Jensen, John, 1935- Rethinking common core 9781475820669

Table of Contents:

The hole we were in
How the problem arose
How common core solved the problem
The objections to common core
How standards create a problem
The clue from your use of paper
How the response addresses the problem
Why students retain so little
How a simple idea can matter
An effective solution
How you can apply the solution
How you can help students assimilate knowledge
How teachers may handle levels of ability
What it means to learn a whole subject
How you can help students be creative
How this approach remedies the learn and lose system dominating us education
How you can motivate students to cooperate
How to include parents
How students can perform publicly
How to meet required testing
How to test exactly what students know
How testing can energize students
How quickly you can make these changes
What we can expect of common core.