Common Core Gets Moving in Louisiana

Wednesday, January 25, 2012Printer-friendly version

The wheels of the Common Core State Standards are in motion for the Concordia Parish School Board. Dr. Rhonda White Wilson said the ability to have the entire country on the same page regarding curriculum and lesson planning could be extremely beneficial. “Right now every state does their own thing, which isn’t good if you have a student moving to another state who has to repeat or make up work,” Wilson said. “This way we would be teaching the same thing in Louisiana in the third grade as they would be teaching in Mississippi or Arkansas.” More...