Annotated Bibliography Draft 1

Chenoweth, Karin. "Wait, Tell Me Again What Common Core Is?" The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 3 Sept. 2014. Web. 03 Sept. 2015.

This article seeks to clarify what actually is involved in the Common Core Standards and to assure

the audience of the real purpose of these standards. The author wants to soothe the fears of many

parents and educators by focusing on the facts of the matter and how the standards aim to help their

children and students. The writer references different studies and polls about these standards as well

as how they are meant to be applied. Chenoweth concludes that the Common Core Standards will

benefit students and teachers by uniforming when math topics will be taught in schools. I can use this

article as support for the Common Core Method as a helpful standard in our public school system.

Ellenberg, Jordan. "Meet the New Common Core." The New York Times. The New York Times, 15 June 2015. Web. 03 Sept. 2015.

This article aims to show the correlation between the supposed "corrupt" Common Core Standards

the new curriculums being adopted instead as states move away from this standard. The audience is 

primarily those actively involved and interested in this debate, mostly teachers, parents, and students 

affected. Ellenberg claims that although the Common Core Standards are being removed in some 

states, standardized testing is still in place, the topics are largely the same, and the methods of 

teachings are even identical. Even though she seems to be in support of the standards, she doesn't

believe they are being applied the same to every student. She employs different studies, testimonies, 

and even personal experiences to support her claims. I can use this article to discuss how these 

standards are essential to math teachings and their wide influence on future curriculums. 

Main, Laura Fricke. "Too Much Too Soon? Common Core Math Standards in the Early Years." Early Childhood Education Journal Early Childhood Educ J 40.2 (2011): 73-77. Google Scholar. Web. 03 Sept. 2015.

This article expresses concerns of the Common Core Standards being too rigorous, fast-paced, and

unclear, especially involving younger learners. The audience for this journal is mainly scholars and

academics interested in this controversy as well as those involved in early childhood education and

development. Main argues that the standards should be further researched and explored to tailor them

for early childhood education as not to overwhelm the students and to adjust for a variety of learning

speeds. She references many studies, researchers, organizations, and the standards themselves to

support her claims and provide additional information. I could use this article to provide a counter

argument of the Common Core System and to explore the faults and flaws in this new set of

standards.

Porter, A., J. Mcmaken, J. Hwang, and R. Yang. "Common Core Standards: The New U.S. Intended Curriculum." Educational Researcher 40.3 (2011): 103-16. Google Scholar. Web. 3 Sept. 2015

This article provides a technical and factual account of what exactly the Common Core Standards

entail, their goals, and their effect in the school system. The audience is definitely researchers and

policy makers for these standards, as the language is very dense and sophisticated. The study

discovered and explained the similarities and differences between the Common Core Standards and

state standards already in place with many charts, tables, and graphs. They concluded that great

change will be required to adopt these new standards and furthermore, that these standards will be

less focused in their scope. I could use this journal as data and support for the effects of the Common

Core Standards, as it is a factual and reliable study with solid conclusions.

Ravitch, Diane. "Now it seems that reformers want to reform their reforms...". 4 September 2015, 12:00 p.m. Facebook post.

This article links to a statement from Governor Cuomo, the governor of New York State, after 

problems concerning the Common Core Standards implementation into the school system. The 

audience is those unhappy with how these standards are being executed into the New York Schools.

Ravitch seems to be slightly mocking the efforts on how the the "reformers are reforming the

reforms". However, the actual statement from Governor Cuomo (which constitutes most of the post) 

brings up valid points of how the standards have good intentions, yet are just being implemented 

incorrectly. I can use this article to show how efforts are being made to fix the flaws in the Common 

Core Standards and how it could possibly succeed in the future. 

RichTopia (RichTopiaCom). "100-Year-Old Math Teacher Slams the 'Common Core' Method". 4 September 2015, 12:35 p.m. Tweet. 

This tweet links to a video of a 100 year old math teacher rejecting and criticizing the Common Core

Method of addition. The audience in this case is the general public, or anyone with a slight interest 

in this controversy. The math teacher concluded that the new standards make basic mathematics too 

complicated and that the Common Core was implemented too quickly without proper analysis of its 

effects. There was no official research in this source, and it is simply an opinion of someone with 

lots of experience in the field, but who may lack in depth knowledge of the topic. I could use this 

article to bring up an important issue of how the public views the Common Core Standards and their 

feelings and opinions. 

Reflection:
After examining my peer's blogs and comparing theirs to mine, I discovered that our formatting was 
all similar in MLA which was strange as we all were writing on different topics. However, I put my 
bibliography in MLA formatting because I had been trained on it and now I realize I need to format
in AMS style for mathematical journals. 

I commented on Yazmin's and Massimo's blogs who's citations reassured me that while doing MLA 
formatting, I had cited everything correctly. Overall, its seems that the different citation styles are all 
very similar with just a few conventions differing between them. Personally, I don't feel that it 
particularly makes a huge difference what style is used and it seems to just be a nuisance.