The Common Core State Standards Initiative has gained momentum since its introduction in 2010, and is now adopted in almost every state. There has been a rapid response among schools, after-school programs, and teacher educators to process, adapt, and integrate these new standards in practice, and as teachers’ associations, districts, and other professional groups find ways to connect their own best practices to new standards. Currently, there is no unified set of standards that easily match skills and competencies valued in youth media, media literacy, education, and other media education environments to Common Core standards.
In this article, the author expresses his opinions regarding the creation of a unified set of standards involving youth media and media literacy education, since it would be helpful to the field and a reminder that media production and new literacies are at the center of some of the most innovative aspects of Common Core.