The National Common Core Standards philosophy includes but is not limited to developing critical-thinking, problem solving, and analytical skills. The focus of the philosophy is to prepare students for the rigor of college. The Common Core Standards require educators to collaborate with each other in order to meet and exceed the standards. These standards reflect current philosophical trends in that educators have already started the collaboration process and relationship. Educators have reflected the philosophy of preparing students for college for some time now. Educators have moved away from teaching students specific trades of work and have leaned towards teaching life skills like reading and writing. Educators have focused more on literacy and less on welding. Educators have tried to be more consistent in teaching literacy through all subjects instead of just in the English classroom. In my experience of observing classrooms and going through the public educational system, I have noticed that teachers, regardless of their endorsement, have started to integrate other subjects into their classroom. There has been a move of coherence …show more content…
According to the Common Core Standards website the only people who are crafting the additional requirements are teachers. However, some articles that I have read say that very few of the people who are crafting the additional requirements are teachers. Most of the people who crafted the requirements are test makers from the ACT, Achive, or college board. Most of the people who are making these additional requirements have no experience in early education as well. This begs the question, are the Common Core Standards actually developmentally appropriate or are the standards only pushing for good results on