Why We Need Common Core: "I choose C."

Ms. Gutierrez
Literacy Coach
Palm Springs Unified

[@michaeljones5927]

This girl didn't go to public school. If she did, she would know not to wear her hat inside.

[@Brazydow]

She forgot to ask if there was any extra credit she could do to ensure she gets the job.

[@bubblez122890]

She forgot to ask if the interview would be graded on a curve 😏😂

[@qbalfrog]

I'm a teacher, and I do find this hilarious! Sad, but hilarious. Every year kids ask me, "What do you mean we have to write in math?!?"

[@thatsocaroline8591]

Oh my gosh I remember when my teacher 2 years ago, told our class to watch it lol

[@superelnesh]

- How about holding the kid's parent's accountable? Funny how that's never up for discussion.

[@bsuns123123]

question how exactly wold common core help this from what I have seen common core would only make these problems worse

[@Zysmom1]

The Think-Pair-Share line got me!!! Lol!! *Although, we do still use that with the CCS*

[@ClaireRatfield]

TPS is a research based interactive tool, which can yield stunning student results. There are 26 other fundamental cooperative learning skills, critical for the building strategies to implement two of the "Cs" (communication, collaboration) part of the the 4C's for 21st Century Learners...Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking,

[@GrowWhereYouArePlanted]

Excellent video. It speaks loudly about the state of education. We need more rigor and less fluff in schools. We should rethink our goals and methods for educating struggling students and those who do not want to go to college. Vocational training, perhaps? I am uneasy with tracking, which tends to favor the advantaged and shut out the disadvantaged. Student and parental accountability also needs to be examined. Teachers are not exclusively responsible for our kids' learning and future.

[@Ibelieveinpubliced71]

The video makes me think about how as educators we are quick to jump on new trends in regards to education reform. NCLB had it's shortcomings and I know I was not very vocal about them as a 2nd year teacher. Now with the common core, I'm ready to ask; what works and what doesn't. Unfortunately, the video also makes me think that the real joke is on the students who went through 14 years of this! If I was a parent of a student and the "education system " failed them.I would considering suing

[@Nikolaii99]

If i may so boldly assert that the solution to education is simply free-market competition (not regulated in any way, shape, or form). Let the consumer decide: Do they truly value better education ? Or do they require more economical, cheaper alternatives ? Competition is going to increase the quality of the product or service and lower the price!

[@OliviaZalevsky]

I'm looking for a "like button" for your reply to donjack. You are completely correct! As someone who teaches these kids in college and beyond, I completely support the common core concept. I can also say that this video is sadly representative of what I see on a daily basis.

[@ericfeng6711]

Common Core is terrible. Sorry, that's just how it is. The less steps there are, the less mistakes you'll make. That's a FACT. Especially when you're talking things like second or third grade. That's the time where you've just got to memorize facts. 1+1, multiplication times tables... You can't possibly try to understand WHY 1+1 is 2, you likely never will. So why bother trying? You've just got to memorize it.

[@notrombones5041]

Ms. Gutierrez is obviously an outstanding teacher. Triple her salary, immediately!!!!

[@Quinntus79]

The thing is, we aren't living decades ago. Our technology and knowledge has changed. We now know more about the brain and how it works. Also, what's wrong with behavior modification, if it can be used to help students better understand how they think and thus become self motivated to learn. Will Common Core fix all of our problems? Probably not, but its a step in the right direction.

[@sward884319]

Common Core will radically alter education in a positive way. Instead of multiple choice answers in which only one response is correct, students will have to demonstrate their ability to problem solve and show their thinking process. Everything will shift from procedural to conceptual. It's a very positive shift that will help ensure students are prepared for college and/or careers.

[@beckiecook2008]

Amen Laura! It does kill creative thinking. I drive a 12 passenger van full of kids back and forth from 6th grade through 12th. These kids know that the "Testing"" doesn't affect their grades in any way. I actually heard a conversation between the kids stating that they don't even try! Some of the kids bubble in geometric designs or the like and don't even read the questions on the test. They don't care one darn bit about those tests! the only tests they care about are the 1's that effect them!

[@alexsummers3476]

Oh goodness. This is sad. But also hilarious!

[@barbarasing7895]

Thank you for an incredibly entertaining and thought provoking Video.

[@amandajones4494]

Watched it during our plc today loved it!

[@susannahbarrinson2038]

I initially loved this video because it demonstrates what I dislike about the aspect of our current education system that creates what I call the "multiple choice student". That is to say I often encounter students at the college age and beyond who are unable to integrate what they have learned to answer a question-they can only use the process of elimination to rule out unlikely answers in a multiple choice format. But, and this is a HUGE but, the common core does NOT fix this problem. I thought it did when I first saw this video but now that the curriculum is beginning to be adopted, I see it merely levels the playing field. There are definitely some improvements in the approach to learning, that will be implemented with common core, but at the expense of advanced curricula for gifted students in many schools throughout the country. So, now I am going to have to say this video is entertaining but misleading.

[@notrombones5041]

This seems less about common-core curriculum (or the lack thereof), then it is an indictment of depending on basic scaffolding teaching techniques for an *entire teaching strategy* instead of just using scaffolding for introducing NEW concepts or challenging new skill sets. Scaffolding was mean't to be like "training wheels" ---- An introductory step which is intended to just get students started on some new challenge, and not to be used as a lifelong technique to depend on in normal functioning.

[@ThomStricklin]

Life is not 100% clear. This is true whether you're a college student, a post-grad intern, or a high-school dropout in an entry-level position. How do *you* think we should meet those students' needs?

[@f1sfingb0at]

I understand setting goals encourages achievement but standardization eliminates competition if all teachers have the same courses are kids in Connecticut in need of the same course as kids in Maine? As common core becomes the law of the land will the federal government be responsible for our education on top of everything else we've shirked?

[@ioanarobles8961]

This is so good. lol. Noelle, you are amazing.

[@cuilleree]

This is awesome. Part of me wants to show it at the next staff meeting...

[@maryannostermeyer2564]

This is such a reality of current education. We are going to continue to be inferior country until we do actually allow students to think for themselves and be innovative. My hope is that educators are allowed the ability to be trained in writing and analyzing. Not all teachers are savvy in these kinds of skills. Formal foreign language instruction has gone by the wayside in many schools. Languages teach structure, analytical skills, and extensive vocabulary. We can only hope.

[@yourclone2]

Hope is about all we've got, but let's do our best to go into this with our eyes open. Then our students might have a chance of succeeding despite what is sure to be a field day for assessment and supposed accountability, including tie ins to the SAT (find out who David Coleman is if you don't already know). Best wishes to all.

[@sdrum49]

She seems perfectly qualified for a job in government

[@didanhtennis]

That was why Common Core was designed in the first place.

[@Nikolaii99]

wow, the advancement in bot technology is truly amazing! lol. (Sorry, i couldn't resist :) All joking aside, i am interested to hear more: What programs ? An example would be helpful. Thanks!

[@MarcWhitaker]

That's what they said about about NCLB and "accountability."

[@ayreskat]

I uploaded your video to FB on my Positive Teaching Strategies page.

[@ClutchFan1971]

Why have we gone from the number one educational system in the world to amongst the bottom of the list? That is the question we should be asking My guess is it has a lot to do with the breakdown of the nuclear family and the changing demographics of this country.

[@mickiegiacomini303]

I understand why you "poked fun" at TPS...but am relieved that you actually appreciate this strategy. As we amp up the amount of critical collaboration between our students, especially with CC, TPS will be a very useful strategy to utilize.

[@hemiolaguru]

This will be very revealing. If we accept the hard truths of unpreparedness that CCS will surely demonstrate, we'll finally be able to make some significant strides in public education. However, I remain skeptical of the spin and politicking that will surely follow...

[@Teikiatsu]

How will it do that?

[@RichardDong68]

So.... did she get the job? I'm guessing she did because sometimes companies DO hire people like this.

[@bartkennedy7758]

This is awesome!! Great job!!

[@classerson]

Think Pair Share happens all the time in the workplace don't you think? We also "put kids on the spot" all the time in class. I'm betting (hoping?) most teachers have all kinds of assessments that are relevant to the work place.

[@tengwarsoup8836]

Please tell me that's a rhetorical question.

[@kirkdowney3619]

Great video to use during the implementation of Common Core. I am praying that the Core helps us solve the problems you poke fun at so well.

[@lkellymueller]

You think Common Core is going to cure these ills? It's just allowing the publishers to make gazillions more because they will now have to create NEW tests, NEW test prep materials, NEW "professional development" to get us to teach to the Common Core! I've always maintained that 'Mandated professional development is neither professional nor likely to result in development'. It holds true here, too.

[@kgrant7578]

I like the video: it is hilarious. It makes man good points about are schools and testing.However, let me go out on a limb and guess that all the teachers who are very excited about the common core standards, are core subject teachers.

[@rosese143]

Common Core is not a curriculum. It is a set of standards to live up to. The Hippocratic Oath is also a standard- but it doesn't dictate specifically how doctors should treat.

[@Okicombo]

Common Core will teach students to think critically and have the skills needed to obtain gainful employment.

[@allandefina]

Brilliantly done!

[@afmik]

The potential for change resides in the elimination of high stakes assessments and APPR/funding being tied to assessment scores. Common core is just new packaging for testing companies to sell their product. Education will cater to these exams.....exam scores are currently what the public values....... not learning.

[@micgoldenviolin]

My friend's teacher told her to show her friends this! (x

[@FredHofstetter]

I think I had this candidate in an interview once.

[@heathercarter2472]

I loved the video! I, too, am looking forward to CCSS and cannot wait to see the positive changes it brings! Sure there will be bumps in the road, but nothing that is worth it is easy and nothing that is easy is worth it.

[@angelareynolds244]

think/pair/share - LOVE IT!!!

[@amohammart]

Good job! Point is made.

[@chucktherunner]

This is pretty funny, especially for you teachers

[@jeannedreisbach5966]

Unfortunately, the 'feel good'/self-esteem theme that was prevalent in schools in past years is catching up with us--at least it's evident in that video clip!

[@imnotabotrlyimnot]

Education was just fine before they started all new programs decades ago. They did'nt switch to these programs to help teach children better. These programs are an excuse to implement behaviour modification programs, amongst other things, that would never be accepted by the pulic if they were told what they were going to do. It's quite clear in the workbooks for these programs that the title of the books and the intended purpose are two different things.

[@jeffmartinaz]

This is awesome! I can't wipe the smile off my face! If it wasn't so funny, I'd be really concerned about the state of our country. These kids, regardless of how much we work with them on critical thinking and problem solving, are being "trained" by the technology around them and the state testing they have drilled into their heads. This is so sad, but totally true!

[@3steps6points]

Common Core is going to have a ripple effect. The emphasis is on college readiness, but the students at the bottom probably aren't going to college and don't want to be college material. Those students get frustrated very easily when things aren't 100% clear and the rigor of Common Core is largely irrelevant to their future. How will we meet their needs? Also, colleges make a fortune off remedial classes. Fewer students who need those will impact those colleges' bottom line.

[@chrispenning8842]

My teacher friends will find this hilarious.

[@gossipony]

Indeed.

[@3steps6points]

I'm looking forward to Common Core, too, because overall I think it's going to be a huge improvement. However, CC isn't going to replace the emphasis on multiple choice testing. Schools are still primarily going to be rewarded or punished based on how well their students choose one of four answers on a test. Since our state breaks them into quintiles and demands all 5 grow, we'll hear a lot of complaints and politicking about the ones on the bottom at first who can no longer be spoon-fed.

[@laurapeterson6904]

This video is so true, but this makes it sound like the teacher's fault when in fact it's the ridiculous amount of mandated state and district testing. Think of all the amazing things we (teachers) could do if it weren't for test prep and teaching students how to take a test. It's ridiculous. Unfortunately public schools are basically a business and are not always. The standards are not the problem. The awful high risk testing is the problem. It kills creative thinking.

[@slllllllk]

That's what politicians said about NCLB, not educators.

[@milahkamilah96]

Lol, these are the problems in my school district. Publci school sucks (See, I can't even spell public correctly)! But us middle class citizens can't afford any better.

[@ricklinet2170]

We can initiate all the changes to curriculum we want. Until there are student and parental accountability supports in place, to alleviate social promotion, it is all a fallacy.

[@notrombones5041]

This is brilliant, and pretty darn close to the literal truth. Privatization, standardization and test-mania have been having their corrosive effect for over a decade now. And the whole mess is still going strong.

[@RandomMomDotCom]

Sad indeed!

[@emilyhagood5934]

EXACTLY!!

[@mothbqlls6632]

pure beauty

[@phylicia41]

love this video 😭

[@BruceDeitrickPrice]

Unfortunately, this video is much too accurate. That's why it's funny. Funny as in OMG. No, it's not the teacher's fault. No, it's not the kid's fault. No, it's not the parent's fault. It's the fault of a ruthlessly subversive Education Establishment. They love mediocrity and educational decline. That's why we have so much of them.

[@MSJsoul]

Interesting as it seems pro common core, however one of the "text types" for common core writing standards is persuasive/argument, and the prompts our district has given are...you guessed it uniforms and cell phones. Same ideas, different name. Whose making money off this one?

[@kylieburg942]

My teacher let us watch this in class lol

[@carolinamorales3462]

I SAW THIS IN SCHOOL LOL

[@laurafrayman]

lol! that's all i have to say...otherwise, i'd be crying!!!

[@anasawsome8]

..I choose c

[@jamesgar91106]

I agree that these are problems, but to see Common Core as the solution is misguided. Follow the money.

[@thephazer1423]

This is hilarious!

[@alimartinez5783]

I choose "C"

[@4192phil]

The Common Core was created to address the issues highlighted in the video (a point that seems to have been missed many). Once you screen out the rhetoric from the conspiracy theorists, you will see that the Common Core concept is a vast improvement over previous system.

[@innovations1234]

"our schools" not "are schools"

[@misstoomean]

we watched this at school.! Lol

[@maryvega8]

i don't necessarily think this supports common core. i think it goes back to teach to the test or the book. best first instruction? what if best first instructknstucion for our students doesn't come from the text book. stop limiting the teacher's ability to teach and let us do what we've been trained to do. let us use the texts as resources not as the only way to go.

[@MrGrellMichaelis]

I know someone who's not getting a job~

[@brandonkeener1347]

this is ok i recon

[@lompocus]

Heheh.

[@bandito318]

Funny, but true???? When all that counts is one test a year, this is what educators are "unofficially" being encouraged to do. Yikes!

[@ladyreb87]

I would share this because we do need to change, but C scope is too scripted and completely takes away the joy that comes with teaching. I like the video. Too bad.

[@alexsummers3476]

Why so many dislikes?

[@cattlovver]

Cc is not going to revolutionize teaching... teachers already do much of it! Anyone in Florida remember when FCAT first came out? There were 3 types of answer choices. Multiple choice and 2 written response type - one was a short response the other an 'extended'. Those lasted a short time and were phased out.. guess why? No the answer is not C .. The state could not afford to "grade" them since it required a HUMAN to do it. What has changed since the late 90's? We might even have LESS $

[@francislara5990]

LOL

[@brandonkeener1347]

this is really stupid wy do we have to know this stuff in school we already know about a job application