The implementation of the Common Core State Standards is one of the most important issues in education policy today. Here in California, we have struggled to figure out the best way to put these important ideas into action. I’d like to share with you an interesting piece by a high school teacher from Los Angeles on this process, and specifically on State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson’s task force proposal, “A Blueprint for Great Schools.” This teacher, Xochitl Gilkeson, presents some interesting ideas about the need to get Common Core right – for her fellow educators, for administrators, and read more >>>

Source : HuffingtonPost.Com