>NJ’s participation in common academic core standards sees early test
As New Jersey and dozens of other states join a national effort to redefine academic standards for public schools, Cherry Hill’s Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School is a good place to see those new standards taking shape.
In Sarah Anderson’s first-grade classroom, for instance, her students are already seeing the number bar raised.
“We’ve never gone above 100 in first grade in the state of New Jersey before, and now we’re 120,” said the veteran teacher yesterday. “It’s a whole paradigm shift.”
Cherry Hill started revamping its curriculum in anticipation of the Common Core State Standards, a national project to clarify and increase expectations for students from kindergarten to 12th grade.
Gov. Christie was at Sharp Elementary yesterday to promote the state’s participation, the second leg of his latest campaign to push his education reform agenda. (Mooney, NJ Spotlight)