Study Finds Teachers a Key Source of Common Core Curricula

A report released Thursday by the Center on Education Policy provides one of the first early glimpses of how districts are solving one of the most difficult problems of putting the Common Core State Standards into practice. Overwhelmingly, they're creating their curricula locally.

More than two-thirds of districts reported that their teachers are designing common-core curricula, and half said that the district is creating it.

Elena Balint, the manager of the American Federation of Teachers' ShareMyLesson, an online storehouse of instructional resources created and uploaded by teachers, said she wasn't surprised to see teachers heavily involved in creating common-core curriculum in their districts. 

"Teachers are really engaged. They do this of their own volition, because they believe in sharing their expertise and because they want to be better teachers," she said. "Teachers trust teachers. It's their area of expertise to create materials and lesson plans that work for their classrooms."

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