Common Core: Parents Learn Too

Like many teachers, Allison Riddle has challenges when dealing with the large number of students in her classroom, and she need the support of parents to make it work. Common Core are the rigorous but flexible standards she needs to challenge each and every child. Some parents have reservations — or even hostility — toward the standards. Some parents are anxious because this was not the way they learned. Allison says she must communicate why higher, rigorous standards, which focus on problem solving skills, are important.