Challenging standards : navigating conflict and building capacity in the era of the common core / [edited by] Jonathan A. Supovitz and James P. Spillane.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Supovitz, Jonathan A., editor.

Spillane, James P., editor.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Common Core State Standards (Education).

Education--Standards--United States--States.

Education.

Education--Standards.

United States.

Education--Standards--U.S. states.

Physical Description:

xviii, 190 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Summary:

The Common Core State Standards are at the center of the latest firestorm in American education reform. But this is not the nation's first torrid experience with standards implementation. In Challenging Standards, Jonathan Supovitz and James Spillane bring together the collective knowledge of top education researchers who have both experienced and investigated education reform challenges in the past. Combining both evidence-based research and applied knowledge, the contributors share with educational leaders their accrued wisdom about implementing standards in classrooms and systems, building capacity through relationships, and navigating the fractious political terrain. Each section of the book contains a set of facilitative questions that will help leadership teams, book clubs, and professional learning communities connect the chapters to their work. Book jacket.

Contents:

Engaging with standards / Jonathan Supovitz

The infrastructure and conceptual challenges of the common core

Curriculum state standards : English language arts as a case / Carol Lee

Implementing the common core : how individuals, organizational resources, and instructional practice matter / John Diamond

School-subject variation in educational infrastructures : a cautionary implementation tale / James Spillane, Megan Hopkins

Rewriting myths about curriculum materials and content standards in mathematics / Janine Remillard

Overcoming the challenges of choosing curriculum materials : a systematic approach to evaluating common core alignment / Morgan Polikoff

Fulfilling the promise of rigor for all / Emily Hodge

Common core in uncommon schools : tools for teacher cohesion? / Bruce Fuller

Collaborative professional development to create cognitively demanding tasks in English language arts-vivian mihalakis / Anthony Petrosky

Connections, coherence, and common understanding in the common core / Thomas Hatch

Intelligently partnering for common core implementation / Donald Peurach

Contracting for digital education in the common core era / Patricia Burch, Andrew L. LaFave, Annalee Good

Differences in common : a brief history of American educational standards / David Gamson

Core confusion : a practitioner's guide to understanding its complicated politics / Patrick McGuinn

Implementation politics and the common core / Katie McDermott

A window of opportunity : the politics and policies of common core implementation in California / Jennifer O'Day.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781475815849

1475815840

9781475815856

1475815859

OCLC:

907204947

Publisher Number:

99963597412