While most teachers support the Common Core State Standards, teachers acknowledge there are challenges around implementation of the standards, with a large majority saying they need more time to find materials and prepare lessons, a report from Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation finds.

Based on a survey of more than twenty thousand math, English language arts, science, and social studies teachers nationwide, the report, Primary Sources: America's Teachers on Teaching in an Era of Change (216 pages, PDF), found that the percentage of teachers who believe the new standards will improve the quality of the education their students receive increases as implementation of the standards progresses.
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