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Case: Parents Against Common Core Parents are often close minded about anything related to Common Core. At this point, I believe it is more of a political stance, than a true disconnect in understanding. Parents automatically shut down, and allow for their children to do so as well when instruction is not "the old fashioned way". What are so tips on opening parents up to new ways of thinking? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Common Core gets a bad rap when it is on the news as this abstract method of how to solve a simple arithmetic problem. I would suggest that during back to school night, you present, without naming it, the reason Common Core was created, 'differences of expectations from high schools to the college level,' by saying, "not too long ago, there were issues with colleges getting students at very different ability levels when it came to curriculum. A group of specialists went to multiple universities to find out what they expected students to be able to do from day one of university. From there, each piece of the curriculum is created to be the next step down from the previous, covering pre-requisite knowledge." Something similar may suffice. Then break in the terminology "Common Core." Make it clear that in today's world, students must be able to look at problems in multiple aspects. As a teacher, it is your job to provide instruction to multiple methods so that students can fill their toolbox. The analogy of building a house with only a hammer versus a range of different tools. |
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