Fewer, Clearer, Highere: How the Common Core State Standards Can Change Classroom Practice

News:

Fewer, Clearer, Highere: How the Common Core State Standards Can Change Classroom Practice

“Fewer, clearer, higher”: These were the words that guided the crafting of the Common Core State Standards. In concise and clear-eyed prose, the Alliance for Excellent Education’s Robert Rothman lays out exactly how the new standards could change current instructional practices—and aims to speak directly to educators, whose efforts will determine whether or not these changes will occur.