Position Paper

By McKinley "Mac" Day

I do not want the new Common Core State Standards to reduce teachers' ability to create curriculum, instruct students or manage their classrooms.

Unfortunately, American students are not progressing fast enough in mathematics to catch up to their peers in other industrialized countries. With the impending implementation of the more rigorous Common Core State Standards in math, teachers will be required to teach math in a different manner. This will definitely create stress for math teachers, students, and parents as well.

Teachers, design and create appropriate curriculum for their classes however, there are already many companies already selling various computerized federally approved products and services to school districts, which are designed to meet the new Common Core State Standards. I'm against any product or service however, that subverts teachers' ability to design and create appropriate curriculum for their classes, and I do not want the new Common Core State Standards to reduce teachers' ability to instruct students, create curriculum, or manage their classrooms.