Common Core Standards

California Teacher May 1, 2015 CFT Convention SPI Common Core Standards

Tom Torlakson: Suspends Academic Performance Index despite Duncan’s threats

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has a vision consistent with educators, according to CFT President Joshua Pechthalt.

“He’s going to fight for public education” Pechthalt said. “He’s not going to let the ‘deformers’ have their way.”

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California Teacher October 1, 2013 student assessment Common Core Standards

Education Issues

A year of transition: Preparing for the Common Core standards
New law temporarily suspends most testing, gives educators and districts time to prepare

Tanya Golden is looking forward to changing how she teaches. “Before, my curriculum was an inch deep and a mile wide with too many things to cover. I had to keep moving even when my students weren’t ready. Now I can teach more for understanding,” says the sixth grade teacher in her tenth year at ABC Unified School District, southeast of Los Angeles.