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The Hechinger Report sought out MƒA President John Ewing to get his opinion for a story on the Common Core Standards for Mathematics and elementary school teacher preparation. Writer Luba Ostashevsky interviewed Dr. Ewing about the idea of mathematics specialists:
MƒA’s Ewing suggested another on-the-job approach such as the one Finland uses. One teacher is trained as a math specialist and they tutor the other teachers to help them construct lesson plans. Ewing said that a school is a community with instructors of different skill levels. There’ll be a teacher less comfortable with a topic and you’ll have someone who can train them.
Read the full article on The Hechinger Report.