4. "The Biggest Fallacy of the Common Core Standards"

The Common Core promises that they are the most innovative advancement in education. The Common Core will convince you that they are necessary to prepare student for their life after high school. The Common Core will even ensure our national security. How can the Common Core assure us of these things? There is no evidence to base these assumptions off of. The Common Core’s standards are only setting students up for failure. This will not encourage students to further their education, but instead end it. The Common Core will be nationwide, which will not allow each state to do what is best for them. We have already discovered that MS moves slower in education than say, NY. So, why challenge the students in MS to meet the standards that are even too high for NY to reach. How will this better our nation’s education?

Common Core will be asking too much from even from the smartest students. How can we expect to benefit from this rigorous curriculum, especially by being thrown into it? The Common Core has multiple expectations and standards to offer, but how do you begin to change a school completely? Most people do not do well with change and this is asking people to completely alter the way education is in schools.  I think the Common Core is setting the country’s education up for failure.

3. "The Common Core's Fundamental Trouble"

Valerie Strauss wrote, “The Common Core’s Fundamental Trouble” which talks about schools presenting the Common Core as the next big change in education across the country.  The Common Core is raising the assessment standards for high school students. They say that this will allow the students to be better prepared for their future outside of high school. These assessments were written mainly by academic experts and testing companies.  Although these standards have not been used or tested in schools yet, they are already promising to improve education and prepare students for their future. After considering the No Child Left Behind trial failed because of its demanding curriculum, how will the considerably harder assessments benefit the country’s education? Not to mention the how costly the transition to Common Core will be. It seems the Common Core is pushing more students to failure rather than aiding them.

It seems to me that the Common Core will do the country no good. We are already not able to meet the standards NCLB experiment that is in play today. I do not see how an even more challenging curriculum is a step in the right direction.  How will failing be pushing students to work harder and prepare themselves for college and a career? I believe that the first problem with the Common Core is who designed the assessments. Instead of an assessment expert, it should be school administrators. Each state moves at its own pace, requirements, and laws. I don’t see why they cannot continue to do what works best for them. I think the Common Core is a step backwards in education rather than forward.

2. "How Teachers are Integrating Tech Common Core" Reflection

     Fred Sitkins' article, "How Teachers Are Integrating Tech Common Core" is informing others why he believes technology is important in education. Throughout his article he gives many reasons as to why he thinks switching from the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is needed. Many schools around the world are incorporating technology into today's education. This allows each student to be more connected with others as well as the outside world. Teachers are able to share more information with students through technology. It also teaches students how to research and explore a topic on their own. This helps encourages students to learn on their own. This change in the common core is important in education because it allows students to investigate and express their learning's through the use of technology.

     I very much agree with Fred Sitkins. I believe that today's advancements in technology should be taken advantage of, especially in education. Schools should be developing and modifying to the outside world. Technology allows more information to be obtained. If students were allowed the use of technology in schools, they would be preparing themselves for the future. It would teach them how to research and how to be organized in today's world. Many of these skills are needed to aid you in college and in your career. I believe the use of technology in education is important and should be provided.

1. Introduction

My name is Callie Loveless I am 21 years old. I was born on June 11th, 1992.I am an Elementary Education Major at the University of Southern Mississippi here in Hattiesburg. I love working with children  and am looking forward to working with them in the future.  I am from Memphis, TN originally. Where I enjoy spending time with friends and family.