Common-Core Commentaries

High school English teacher Nancy Gardner describes a research assignment at her school that allows seniors to study anything from cake-decorating to homelessness.
October 24, 2011 - Teacher
In a new era of online learning, education needs to create alternative means of certifying student knowledge, Allan Collins and Roy Pea write.
October 18, 2011 - Education Week
The common-core math standards are a major disappointment, Grant Wiggins writes.
September 27, 2011 - Education Week
Prescriptive curricula make it harder for students to learn to write well, Paula Stacey writes.
September 20, 2011 - Education Week
With an estimated one out of 110 children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, autism teaching competencies are critical, argue Emaley McCulloch and Janet Martin.
September 20, 2011 - Education Week
There is a critical and rising need for fair, accurate assessments for English-language learners, David N. Plank writes.
August 30, 2011 - Education Week
Once a supporter of the common-core standards movement, Andrew C. Porter now sees it as a "missed opportunity."
August 9, 2011 - Education Week
When it comes to Race to the Top assessment, there's much more than testing to consider, Charles A. DePascale writes.
August 8, 2011 - Education Week
In our new-media-saturated world, it's crucial that the common-core standards address media and digital literacies, write Richard Beach and Frank W. Baker.
June 21, 2011 - Education Week
The whole-class novel and the basal reader are alienating students from the written word and these practices must be stopped, writes Pam Allyn.
June 14, 2011 - Education Week

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