Implementing the Common Core: Three Keys for Success (1)

Part I: Setting a Standard for Rigor


 Standards. We all have them. We set personal standards for
cleanliness around the house. We have workplace standards for what constitutes
average or above-average performance. We have ethical standards governing how
we behave as a society. We don’t always live up to our own standards, and we
don’t always share standards with the people around us, but we