How have you communicated the value and common misconceptions of Common Core to parents in your school or district? In this slideshare we share key takeaways that parents need to know about the standards. Learn how to increase communication between your school and parents, and to help parents have a better understanding of the Common Core.

1. 6 Things
Parents Need
to Know About
COMMON
CORE
COMMON
CORE

2. There is a lot of misinformation
out there about Common Core
for parents to sift through.

3. And the value of the
Common Core standards
may not always be easy for
parents to see.
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4. At Imagine Easy Solutions, we’ve
outlined
6 things
about Common Core that parents
need to know to break away from
misconceptions.
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5. So what is Imagine
Easy Solutions?

6. We create imaginative, easy-to-use solutions
for teachers and students to promote 21st-
century reading, writing and critical thinking
skills, which are instrumental for success in
school and career.

7. We are best known for our product EasyBib…
a research management platform used by
students, teachers, and librarians.

8. Click here to learn
how we provide the
foundation for 21st-
century writing and
research.

9. Common
Core is not a
curriculum
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10. It can be easy to lose sight
of what the Common Core
standards are (and what
they are not).
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11. Common Core is
not a curriculum
that dictates how
teachers should
educate students.
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12. Rather, the Common Core
standards comprise skills and
knowledge that students need to
succeed in college and career.
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13. Teachers, administrators,
and the school community
can choose how students
meet those standards.
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15. Common
Core is not an
assessment
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16. The Common Core does not
tell schools how to assess
these skills, either!
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17. If your state has adopted PARCC
or Smarter Balanced, you can
find more information here:
PARCC | Smarter Balanced
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Talk to your child's teachers
and administrators about
how they plan on evaluating
students for success.

19. Common
Core is a
staircase
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20. Each year,
students build
on the skills
they learned
the year before.
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21. The standards guide
students to become
college and career
ready by the time
they graduate from
high school.
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22. The work students do as 3rd
graders builds on what they did
as 2nd graders.
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23. The work is more
rigorous than what
students did before, but
this staircase approach
makes the standards
achievable for all.
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25. Literature
and fiction
are allowed
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26. Common Core puts a big
emphasis on reading
informational texts.
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27. By grade 12, 70% of
reading should focus
on informational
(non-fiction) texts,
and 30% on literature.
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28. This applies across
all subjects areas!
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Literature-loving parents can
rest assured that Shakespeare
will likely remain in many
schools’ curricula.

30. Other subjects, like science and
social studies, will integrate
more non-fiction to meet the
Common Core standards.
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31. Reading, writing,
and math skills
are key5
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32. The Common Core does not lay
out how each subject is taught
in school.
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33. Rather, it focuses on how
students should progress with
reading, writing, and math skills.
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34. Common Core offers suggestions for
social studies, history, science, and
technical subjects.
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36. It will allow our
youth to
compete in a
global economy
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37. The United States
trails behind Asia
and Europe with
reading and math
skills.
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38. The U.S. ranks below average for
both categories, compared to other
advanced economies (ranked 17th in
math, 15th in reading).
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39. The Common Core brings our
children up to speed with their
peers in other countries.
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40. Common Core makes education
more equal in the U.S., and our
graduates more competitive in the
global market.
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41. The Next Step:
Teach your students the 21st century
writing and research skills they’ll need to
be college and career ready.
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