scholarly journals The Common Core State Standards and Intellectual Freedom: Implications for Libraries

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Loretta M. Gaffney
Keyword(s):  
Common Core ◽  
Common Core State Standards ◽  
English Language ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Core State ◽  
Teachers Union ◽  
Bill Gates ◽  
The Common ◽  
Gates Foundation ◽  
K 12

The Common Core State Standards are a single set of codified, grade-by-grade K-12 educational standards in both English/language arts (ELA) and math that were intended to replace previous state K-12 standards and align them with one another. The National Governors’ Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) developed Common Core in consultation with educational testing companies and with funding from the Bill Gates Foundation. While Common Core has enjoyed bipartisan support from Democrats and Republicans, opposition to Common Core has also generated strange bedfellows, mingling groups that would ordinarily clash, such as the Tea Party and teachers’ union locals. Disparate challenges to Common Core are best understood not as individual curricular challenges, but as moving pieces in a larger social movement context.

Using Media Literacy to Teach and Learn the English Language Arts/Literacy

2016 ◽  
pp. 291-305
Author(s):  
Kelly McNeal
Keyword(s):  
Language Arts ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Common Core ◽  
Common Core State Standards ◽  
English Language ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Core State ◽  
Language Arts Literacy ◽  
The Common

Forty-three states out of fifty states in the United States of America have adopted the Common Core State Standards in English language arts/literacy as a means of setting attainment levels of what students should know at different benchmarks during their schooling. The Common Core State Standards will be viewed through the lens of how they can be taught and learned by utilizing digital literacy media. This chapter will discuss how the goals of digital media literacy are aligned with the Common Core State Standards, how resources can be used to teach teachers and school district personnel about the Common Core State Standards, and finally how digital media can aid in helping students learn the standards and can aid in helping community members learn and then teach these standards. This chapter will conclude with questions and controversies about the Common Core State Standards and how media literacy education can alleviate many of the fears and challenges associated with the growing debate on this topic.

CCSS Collaboration: How Librarians Can Collaborate with Teachers on Common Core

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Cody Lawson ◽  
Faye LaDuke-Pelster
Keyword(s):  
Language Arts ◽  
Common Core ◽  
Common Core State Standards ◽  
English Language ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Academic Standards ◽  
Collaborative Group ◽  
Core State ◽  
The Common ◽  
Crucial Part

Librarians play a crucial part in planning and implementing effective literacy instruction that serves the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for both ELA (English Language Arts) and social studies. The CCSS are a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and ELA, developed by a collaborative group of teachers, school chiefs, administrators, and other education experts.

The Secret Life of Fiction

PMLA ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
pp. 724-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Zunshine
Keyword(s):  
Language Arts ◽  
Common Core ◽  
English Language Arts ◽  
Common Core State Standards ◽  
English Language ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Core State ◽  
Complex Thinking ◽  
College Career ◽  
The Common

A troubling feature of the common core state standards initiative (CCSSI) for english language arts (ELA) is its failure to recognize literature as a catalyst of complex thinking in students. According to the CCSSI, to “prepare all students for success in college, career, and life,” children must read texts “more complex” than “stories and literature” (“English Language Arts Standards”). The assumption that “stories” are inferior to nonfiction has a long tradition in Western culture; tapping into that prejudice is easy, and no proof seems to be required.

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