The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has become a household term and yet many educators do not understand what it means” (Karge & Moore, 2015, p. 1). Teaching in the United States for the last three years, under a different education system and classroom practices, I am still trying to thoroughly understand, what actually is the CCSS. Until today, teachers, parents, students and other educational entities across the Unites States (US) are still struggling to understand what really is the purpose of the CCSS, its relevance to teachers, parents, students and stakeholders and what sort of adjustments must be made in terms of training and instruction in order to achieve these standards. Further, even educators and the general public are still trying to understand how these new standards benefit both general and special education learners given the gap in their learning styles and levels. I believe, that knowledge of the CCSS and ways in which teachers are trained to implement them are crucial if our children are going to be college ready as the CCSS emphasize and …show more content…
The broad themes of the math standards require learners to be able to problem solve, reason abstractly and qualitatively, construct arguments and critique the reasons of others while, the English Language Arts (ELA) require learners to analyze (how, why), read, integrate and evaluate (literally and figuratively), question and critique. These skills require students to exercise higher order thinking through guidance instead of being told- traditional teaching methods (Conley, 2011). These standards were not mandated by the federal government but by state; as a result, a state can chose whether or not to have the standards govern their education system (Karge & Moore,