And yet they claim CC doesn’t provide lesson plans or tell teachers how to teach. This is complete nonsense. There is total control over methods and philosophy and no academic freedom for teachers. It’s their way or the highway, or you’re out.

University alters instruction to help teachers-to-be learn new standards

LAS CRUCES >> The Common Core State Standards are not just changing how and what New Mexico educators teach their students. They are also changing how New Mexico State University prepares its teachers-to-be.

Professors in the College of Education have changed their lesson plans and class structures in response to the new standards, providing future teachers with insight into how to implement Common Core in real-world classrooms, educators said.

“We’re all part of the same system,” NMSU assistant professor Jamie Baker said of the college’s changes. “… It would be foolish to think we act in isolation.”


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