From: NPR
Common Core Reading: The Struggle Over Struggle
November 25, 2014
NPR:
Every set of academic standards has a soul.
Yes, a soul. It’s made of varied stuff: part research, part practice, part conviction of its authors. To find the soul, follow the words that turn up again and again in the winding backwaters and byways of the standards themselves. A search of the Common Core English Language Arts Standards turns up one remarkable word 105 times. It is “complex” (or “complexity”).
Here’s an early appearance:
“Rather than focusing solely on the skills of reading and writing, the ELA/literacy standards highlight the growing complexity of the texts students must read to be ready for the demands of college, career, and life.”
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