Common Core PTA Guidelines

For those of us who live in the education world, we realize that there are always efforts to review and revise curriculum.  I won't go into the history of curriculum development as it has shifted from local to regional control, but suffice it to say that there has been a shift over the past twenty years to align in broader and broader terms.  This has been coupled with the accountability movement that increased the required testing.  The latest curriculum movement has been to implement what are known as Common Core State Standards.  These standards are accepted beyond the State of Michigan by a large regional area.  

I was informed of the National PTA website.  This site might be helpful to provide insight about these new standards and might help when new terms or being used to discuss this trend in education.  The link takes you to a page regarding Common Core, but there may be other information that may be helpful.

Click the link below to access this site.

Common Core PTA Guidelines