http://www.denverpost.com/common-core/ci_28179398/ashley-elementary-school-denver-reinvents-itself-common-core
I've sadly grown accustomed to poor education reporting on the Common Core State Standards. Sometimes there's no distinction between the standards and curriculum, or a misunderstanding about the adoption and implementation process, or decontextualized simplifications (or fabrications) of the standards that make them look silly. So hats off to Eric Gorski of The Denver Post for this great 3-part series looking at Common Core implementation in Denver area schools. Gorski manages to capture the complexity and the challenge without mucking up the finer points about what the standards are and aren't, and all three parts are worth a read. Part 1: http://www.denverpost.com/common-core/ci_28179398/ashley-elementary-school-denver-reinvents-itself-common-core Part 2: http://www.denverpost.com/common-core/ci_28183620/boston-k-8-school-aurora-struggles-adapt-common Part 3: http://www.denverpost.com/common-core/ci_28187598/at-smoky-hill-high-school-common-core-and