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My Article on Proposed Common Core Changes
Today, Math for America (MfA) published an article that I wrote on the proposed changes to the Common Core math standards in New York State. In this article, I argued that despite the modest scope of the proposed revisions, they create an opportunity for more substantial future changes in math education. Participating in the work of the state's Mathematics Standards Review Committee also made me realize that we need more chances for teachers like me to shape our educational system.
The complete article is online at http://mathforamerica.org/news/revising-common-core-math-should-be-just-beginning .
My One-Page Summary of Proposed Common Core Changes
I published a handy one-page summary of the recently proposed changes to the Common Core high school math standards in New York. This PDF file briefly summarizes what I consider to be the most important suggested changes. Many of the changes were relatively minor - small changes in grammar or breaking long standards into shorter bullet point-type standards. Other changes were more significant, such as removing the requirement that students divide polynomials using long division.
You can find the one-page summary on my other web site, Reach the Source (http://reachthesource.org), which contains resources related to Common Core high school math in New York State.
The state Education Department is allowing the public to comment on the proposed changes online until November 14 at http://nysed.gov/draft-standards-mathematics.
Add a commentQuoted in Chalkbeat Article on Proposed Common Core Changes
Today, Chalkbeat New York published an article (in which I was featured) on the proposed changes to the Common Core standards in New York State. I am a member of the Mathematics Standards Review Committee that met over the summer to review and revise the standards.
Add a commentProposed Changes to Common Core Math
This past spring, I was selected by the New York State Education Department to be one of about 100 people in the state to be part of the Mathematics Standards Review Committee, which devised several revisions to the controversial Common Core Standards. The results were recently released for public comment online. Here's a summary.
Add a commentReach the Source Site Launched
Today, I launched Reach the Source. Reach the Source (RTS) is a resource of materials related to New York State Common Core high school mathematics (Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II). The materials here are designed to clarify New York State's supplementary material for Common Core high school math standards, which can be found on several documents on the New York State Education Department's EngageNY web site.
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