Common Core Benefits

Everyone 's familiar with the common core, right? But what is its true definition and how is it really benefiting us as students in this new generation of education? Common Core is a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy (ELA). These learning goals outline what a student should know and be able to do by the end of each school year. The Common Core Standards prepare students for a competitive global economy. You might think of the word "common" as describing shared success we 'd like students to have. If you take under performing schools and less-demanding curricula in some states and raise them to a level where they compare to higher-performing schools in states with more demanding curriculum, you give students a "common" experience. For the disadvantaged, this is a good thing. But for those parents who are happy with the education

California is finding that the costs to implement Common Core are far too high, with the latter estimated to spend approximately $35 million per year, or about $30 per student, in testing costs alone. Advocates for the program point out that these costs are not exclusive to Common Core, and that items like textbooks, study materials and technological upgrades must be funded under any educational program. A recent report found that schools already spend nearly $700 million per year testing and assessing students. Common Core could help us bring our students to new ways of solving math problems, reading and more. Sure, Common Core could make the upcoming generation brighter and help bring forth new ideas, but how long are we going to take to adjust to this new way of teaching? Not only are our students needed to make the adjustment, but so are our teachers, as they 're expected to learn new material and knew ways to teach us. As a whole district/country, we are changing for the better or worse. So, let 's try new things. We 'll never know if Common Core works if we don 't try it