New York City Math Teachers Express Concerns About Adopting Common Core

Gotham Schools (5/23) reports on the concerns expressed by some math teachers in New York City about the curricular changes that will take place when the city switches to the Common Core Standards for the next school year, noting that many teachers are "struggling to keep the two sets of standards straight as the new standards move some topics an entire grade-level earlier than in the past. ... New York City piloted the Common Core standards in 100 schools last year and asked all teachers to practice working with them this year." The piece notes that critics of the rapid implementation of the standards "will pose a special challenge for math teachers, particularly in the middle school years, as students begin learning advanced concepts that build on each other sequentially."