I haven't done a whole lot of research so can't separate out what is original common core and what is common core as implemented by our district. Our district just implemented common core this fall and was in the process of creating new curriculum this school year to be used this school year. However, one disturbing revelation from DS/DD's 5th grade teacher a couple of months back was the lack of material to teach grammar.
Yes-- this is what we've seen during the phased implementation of CCSS.
Do English teachers like common core?
It isn't clear to me. Honestly, I think that it's not that much different from any other push into curriculum/classroom practices from on-high as far as individual classroom teacher opinions go.
I've not heard THAT much complaining from friends I know who are teachers in secondary. They like the standards, which offer a bulwark against administrative push to water down or push in more test-prep. Do they like the
particulars of the selected curriculum? Well, it depends.
Some kids are going to find the switch to more non-fiction and "functional" reading to be a boon to learning, and others are going to find that it hampers them in terms of emerging literacy.
But that's not a CCSS problem,
per se. It's a
one-size-must-fit-all curriculum problem.
Anecdote, in any event.
