This comes from our Middlesex Tea Party friend Trudy. It is a great opportunity to learn more about the important issue of Common Core Education coming to Virginia.
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DeWitt,Middlesex Tea Party will host Jane Hogan who will present on Common Core, Thursday, May 2, at Cooks Corner Office Complex conference room, 7:00 p.m. I've just confirmed it with her...Power Point presentation should be terrific!Trudy-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Common Core Education coming to Va.
If you have an interest in public education you need to read this and watch the videos. Someone needs to get it to members of the school board. I do not have their contact information. I don't think many people are aware of this but they need to be. If I have sent this before please forgive me.
The Infiltration of Virginia School System by the Common Core Standards
The Standards of Learning ( SOL ) form the foundation of the curriculum taught in public schools across Virginia, and recent adjustments have helped bring those standards in line with the Common Core. Virginia's educational standards are shown to mirror the purpose of the Common Core Standards.Virginia's way to Common Core...
From the Virginia Department Of Education website:http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/common_core/index.shtmlVirginia Department Of Education and the Board of Education are using the commonwealth's established process for adopting and revising academic standards to incorporate content from the Common Core State Standards into the Standards of Learning (SOL). In doing so, the board and department are ensuring that expectations for teaching and learning in Virginia schools are comparable to, or in some instances exceed, those of the voluntary national standards.
Reasons to Stop the Common Core and reclaim local control of education. You need to watch this quick 5 Part Series and send this information to your Virginia legislators!
Part 1 http://youtu.be/coRNJluF2O4
Part 2 http://youtu.be/E8FJ1U90HIg
Virginia and the Common Core Standards
From Common Core 360: http://www.schoolimprovement.com/common-core-360/blog/Virginia-and-the-Common-Core-Standards/
Posted by: Jared Heath, content managerEven when states aren't using the Common Core Standards, they still find themselves, well, using the Common Core Standards. Take Virginia, for example. In an article published by the Virginia-Pilot, Virginia's educational standards are shown to mirror the purpose of the Common Core Standards.
It's an appropriate move for the Commonwealth—Virginia was, after all, part of the committee to create the Common Core State Standards Initiative. So after all the work they put in to creating these Standards, why defer participation?Part of the reason, according to the afore-mentioned article, is a desire not to throw the towel in on a set of Standards the state has been developing for a decade. The article states, "David Coleman, one of the national system's architects, told an audience recently in Norfolk that research from around the world had shown American students were being taught too many subjects too superficially. 'The standards need to be fewer, clearer, higher,' he said." That is exactly what the Virginia Department of Education has been trying to build for the last 10 years.In 2010, the Common Core Standards hit the shelves, and the vast majority of the states bought in, so to speak. Virginia saw the benefits, and I found this on their website:VDOE and the Board of Education are using the commonwealth's established process for adopting and revising academic standards to incorporate content from the Common Core State Standards into the Standards of Learning (SOL). In doing so, the board and department are ensuring that expectations for teaching and learning in Virginia schools are comparable to, or in some instances exceed, those of the voluntary national standards.Virginia plans to meet and exceed the Common Core State Standards—and whether they achieve that goal or not, the important part is that they are creating a language around building both teacher and student capacity. The greatest thing that we can do for our students is to expect more from them and believe that they really can meet our expectations. Children have vast potential, and Virginia is expecting more from all children in what can prove to be the state's most equitable move in education.I personally applaud Virginia's decisions. They recognize the quality in the Common Core Standards, and they are adopting the points that work for them while continuing with the system that they already have in place.What do you think about Virginia's quasi-integration of the Common Core Standards?To stop the Common Core infiltration in Virginia and reclaim local control of education, It's very important to get this information to all Virginia legislators!DeWitt Edwards
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