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From Superintendent McKell Withers

PDF LINKS TO ATTACHMENTS:

Common Core State Standards: Chamber of Commerce

 

Building the Machine: Common Core Movie Fact Sheet

What is the Common Core?

Utah Core Standards

National PTA: Parent Guide to Success

 

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Common Core Implementation Issues

In the July 9, 2013, School Board meeting, the board discusses issues surrounding the implementation of Common Core.

  • The issue of Common Core Math 1 was discussed and how credit is made up if students are moved up to the next level even though they fail a course.  
  • The Board President said that we should get students to take ‘talking points’ home to their parents about Common Core.
  • The Superintendent references the “crazy backward sliding on the commitment”. He also references the ‘conspiracy theories’ about Common Core.
  • The Superintendent acknowledges that our Teachers do not have all the tools needed for implementation.
  • The Superintendent and Board President state that they are not aware of any Superintendents or other local school boards that are opposed to Common Core in the state of Utah. 

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Link: USOE Utah Core

Link: Utahns Against Common Core

 

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