10 WAYS TO KNOW IF COMMON CORE IS WORKING IN YOUR SCHOOLS

1. Are teachers and leaders open to your questions? 2. Have you received notification telling what the standards are? 3. Does your child’s homework match the standards? 4. Can your child talk about Common Core? 5. Does your child write in every class, not just traditional English courses? 6. Are they engaging with authentic data from the real world? 7. Are they reading more articles and other nonfiction? 8. Are they being asked to justify their answers in math, not just do the work? 9. Are you seeing the same concept but in different ways over prolonged periods of time? 10. Can your student explain when and why lessons might be used in the real world?