"Promoting a just society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity." It exists when "all people share a common humanity and therefore have a right to equitable treatment, support for their human rights, and a fair allocation of community resources."
http://gjs.appstate.edu/social-justice-and-human-rights/what-social-justice
What is the Common Core?
" The Common Core is a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy (ELA). These learning goals outline what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade. The standards were created to ensure that all students graduate from high school with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in college, career, and life, regardless of where they live."
http://www.corestandards.org/about-the-standards/
Both Social Justice and Common Core go hand in hand. The Common Core is developed so that across the nation, our educational opportunities are that of other countries. It is important to all schools across America have the same playing field, the same information being taught and set standards for learning. This is a great development for us. Without Common Core, how do we know how the 6th grade Mathematics course is doing in Fort Myers, Florida? We know because of Common Core. We're teaching the same things. The only downside to this core curriculum is "what about the students with disabilities". If a student is having a hard time adding 2 plus 2, how will they multiply 2 times 2. The aim is that they will be able to keep up with the Common Core.
http://www.corestandards.org/about-the-standards/development-process/
The above website is one I researched and is the site of the Developmental process for the Common Core. There is, in addition, a 3 minute video to watch about the Development of the idea and is a good watch!
In addition, money got this Common Core going, and Bill Gates was the leader of the pack. Going forward, it became the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Statistics showed that as a nation, we were falling behind foreign competitors. They were out to change that and level the playing field, so that our education can compete with other countries. All of this money created guidelines for education.
Pearson received the "whopper" of contracts for testing the common core. The following is an excerpt from the context:
"“The PARCC team has been working together to develop high-quality assessments that will provide educators, students, and their families with important information about how our students are doing in school,”
I believe this idea of testing the common core is extremely valuable to our country, when referring to the question "Is it working for our students?". These tests for the common core monitor our students efficiency levels in English Language Arts and Mathematics. Without the standardized tests, the government would be unable to make adjustments to the common core. Of course with all of the money spent to develop this, they want to make sure the standards are being met.
Finally, while I like the idea of Common Core, and everybody learning the same things, I wish instructors would have room to teach life skills to their students. Of course with Common Core, the way in which it is delivered is unique, but some teachers like to teach different things. One of the teachers I observed (6th grade) discussed with me a block of the day where they can teach any subject the want to. In his case, he is teaching Japanese History.
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