As educators around the country transition to the new Common Core State Standards, infographics can help them meet their learning goals. For those unfamiliar with the Common Core conversation, the new standards are meant to \u201cprovide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn,\u201d across the U.S. public education system.<\/p>\n
Despite the arguments of CC detractors, what students are \u201cexpected to learn\u201d are not facts so much as argumentation, logic and how to vet and interpret information.<\/p>\n
The goal of the system is to help students distill the most important pieces of information from any given text and form a conclusion. A good graphic can fit these standards by reinforcing to students that their conclusions should be grounded in evidence and by challenging their ability to organize a hierarchy of systems, a.k.a. the ability to tell what pieces of information are the most important.<\/p>\n
Infographics can also offer a rare chance for crossover between math and language arts, something that many teachers find difficult to do. For example, a recent lesson plan<\/a> from PBS NewsHour Extra*, uses a graphic from BKLYNR that visually shows and divides all the stops in New York\u2019s “stop, question and frisk” program last year to teach statistics and racial profiling.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"All](\"https:\/\/thumbnails.visually.netdna-cdn.com\/all-the-stops_5242099638236_w618.png\")