My friend Angela Maiers has been visiting me in New York and came over last week totally jazzed about helping kids in a school she visited change the world during the last couple days of school. For many teachers, however, it is not clear where world-changing fits within the testing and standards each student is required to meet at every grade level and in every subject.
Instead, the focus is competition and acquisition, mastery, and assessment of skills as outlined in this video.
Three-Minute Video Explaining the Common Core State Standards from CGCS Video Maker on Vimeo.
Success is focused on individual performance indicators that can be summed up by data, achievement reports, test results, and transcripts, It is not clear where we fit inspiring students to use their passion, skills, talents, and abilities to do the work that Angela describes as W.O.W. (worthy of the world).I want more »
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