Council of Chief State School Officers

Core Teaching Standards includes the statement that, “the purpose (of the standards) is to describe the new vision of teaching to which we aspire as we work to transform our education system to meet the needs of today's learners” (Council of Chief State School Officers, 2011). Why would we need to transform our educational system? No Child Left Behind and Common Core Standards raised the bar for student standards, therefore, our educational system must support that change. There are three main…

Abraham Lincoln means that America or the United States will be destroyed by itself and that is also the reason we will lose our freedom. As the leader of the United States, Abraham Lincoln had a big role in the Civil War. Lincoln was able to use his political mind in order to figure out how to bring the United States together and put an end to slavery. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Kentucky. Lincoln didn’t get to go to school very much because he was busy helping his father…

Colombia has 32 states and is the fourth largest city in South America. There are mountains almost everywhere in the country, but especially where the Amazons river, known as the greatest river on the earth, is located. Spanish is the language spoken in Colombia. The United States has 50 states. This country is located in North America. The mountains are found in some states, but especially in the ones located on the north part of the country. Those differences in geography are reflected in the…

emerge, one led by Martin Luther King, was the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC), another formed by young students was the the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), all organizations slowly expanded, as well as the organization of black Americans: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). The Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) were…

Throughout my life, I have started from the bottom of the ladder and worked my way up time and time again. In middle school, I was told that although my performance on a “gifted and talented” test, I had the opportunity to take gifted and talented classes in a pilot program. Believing I had to prove myself, I pushed myself and earned the highest GPA of my entire middle school class. In high school, I discovered that I was able to repeat my success by earning valedictorian while realizing my love…

Georgia’s Department of Corrections (GDC), formerly the Georgia Industrial Institute, purchased by the state in 1937 for approximately 1.3 million dollars. The facility had renovation done in 2007. The prison originally housed juvenile delinquents. It’s now a medium security state prison. This prison is the oldest still running correctional institution in the state of Georgia. Just like Georgia’s state prison, South Carolina’s facility only houses men. Gaining accreditation by the American…

Issues within Common Core State Standards The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is an educational program created in recent years by governors and educational leaders. This project was created by their respective parties or organizations. The CCSS was an attempt to educational reform after the failure of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). NCLB was in place during previous president G. Bush while he was in office and was led by his administration. Since the release of the Common Core many issues have…

Deborah Brandt defines in her article Sponsors in Literacy, “Intuitively, sponsors seemed a fitting term for the figures who turned up most typically in people’s memories of literacy learning: older relatives, teachers, priests, supervisors, military officers, editors, influential authors”. (Brandt, 167) On the other hand, I would consider my main influences, in preparing me for college writing, to be my supervisors, college professors, and influential authors I encountered. Therefore, In the…

Joachim Agamba. “Critical Supports for Secondary Educators in Common Core State Standard Implementation.” The Clearing House. 86.6 (2013): 246-254. MasterFILE Elite. Web. 16 Oct 2015. The authors, all PhD’s, located at Iowa State University, College of Education. The focus of the article relates to teacher professional development. A study of the implications of the Total Instructional Alignment (TIA) used in Iowa public schools. Furthermore, the three authors determined the challenges of…

Montana is one of the less known states, located in the Western region of the US. The state 's name comes from the word montaña (mountain in Spanish). Montana is also ranked 4th in size, but 44th in population. Even though it seems quite and unknown to most Americans, it still has its crime to contend with. Most of the crimes occurred in the city of Helena. Helena started as a community in 1864 when explorers looked for gold in Last Chance Gulch. Starting out as a small mining town Helena was…