The Common Core in the Heart of Dixie

I’ve just gotten home from the Alabama Education Association’s Divisional Professional Development Conference in Birmingham, and I spent virtually all of my time in sessions devoted to clarifying issues related to Alabama’s College- and Career-Ready Standards (ACCRS), otherwise known as the Common Core. This new batch of nationally aligned courses of study began by first implementing the Math portion, with English Language Arts follow close behind; Social Studies and Science are apparently not ready to roll out yet, which is what we were told this weekend. English 12, which I… Read more The Common Core in the Heart of Dixie →