Nine Ways the Common Core Will Change Classroom Practice

Robert Rothman, a senior fellow at the Alliance for Excellent Education, lists nine ways in which the Common Core State Standards will change instruction in math and English. Among the changes, Rotham writes, are a greater focus on fewer topics, greater coherence among grades, a focus on developing mathematics skills and applying them with fluency, and the inclusion of more nonfiction texts in English. Harvard Education Letter (July/August 2012). Click to read more.