It is important to note that the barriers may not be personal at all. At least in our district, which just implemented Common Core this fall, one of the issue is that they are literally creating the curriculum barely in time to teach it. For example, in September, they had barely finished the reading/language arts curriculum for first quarter and were just starting to create the curriculum for second quarter so that the teachers literally had no idea beyond the two novels for the first quarter. In math, they also are really changing the curriculum but it is not yet in the teachers' hands. For example, the plan is to incorporate some concepts from 7th through 8th grade math into the 5th grade GT curriculum although the name will likely change next year as GT is not politically correct. Previously, 5th grade GT used the 6th grade curriculum with some enrichment.
Last edited by Quantum2003; 10/19/13 07:14 PM.
