Assignment:
Schools today are faced with a daunting task. Education is our nation seems to be lagging behind, and the needs of student learning are falling short of intended goals and expectations. Reforming schools to meet today's needs begins with a carefully designed plan. This plan must be comprehensive. The standards-based reform is a place to begin, and the standards for areas of study must be understood so that a beginning can take place. A professional development plan must contain many aspects of a standards-based reform, and it not enough to think that knowledge of the content of the standards is the core means of development.