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Spotlight on Implementing Common Standards
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Spotlight on Common Core Assessment and Curriculum
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03/21/13 Leadership 360: Change Standards, Test Students, Measure Schools
We are being asked to lean on our students to prove we are doing our job using a single measure and we know it is not fair to them. Teachers and leaders are faced with the additional burden of being directly evaluated by these results also knowing there is an expected slump in results during these first years of implementation of an expectedly flawed process. Blogs & Community
09/24/12 Curriculum Matters: Common Core Reaches Into Science Classes, Survey Finds
The Common Core State Standards aren't just changing instruction in math and English language/arts, new survey data suggest. They're also finding their way into a lot of science classrooms. Blogs & Community
04/22/13 Walt Gardner's Reality Check: The Media and Critical Thinking
Quality newspapers and magazines can develop critical thinking in students. Blogs & Community
07/09/13 Curriculum Matters: Common Core: At a Bookstore Near You
Books on display at Barnes & Noble offer a hint of what lies ahead for students in common-core classrooms. Blogs & Community
12/06/12 Curriculum Matters: Will the Common Standards Downsize Literature?
New expectations of a heavier focus on "informational text" have catapulted the standards into the public eye like never before. Common-core authors say the anxiety about a cutback of literature are unfounded. Blogs & Community
10/26/12 Walt Gardner's Reality Check: The Fiction-Nonfiction Duel
The Common Core Standards have intensified the debate about the increased role of nonfiction in the K-12 curriculum. As a former English teacher, I'm frankly... Blogs & Community
04/29/13 State EdWatch: Bill to 'Pause' Common Core in Indiana Heads to Governor
The Indiana Legislature has sent a bill to Gov. Mike Pence that would require a "pause" in implementing the common core. Blogs & Community
06/17/13 A Steep Climb: Journeying Into the Common Standards in English/Language Arts
States and districts face big challenges putting the common core into practice. Join an Education Week staff writer to discuss one district’s experience. Blogs & Community
06/05/13 Curriculum Matters: One District's Dive Into the Common Core: Part 2 in a Series
Education Week explores how the common core English/language arts standards take shape in one classroom. Blogs & Community
11/01/12 Finding Common Ground: What Do We Selectively Abandon?
"The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need... Blogs & Community
02/04/13 Living in Dialogue: Opposition to Common Core Grows Across the Political Spectrum
The drive towards Common Core State Standards and standardized assessments to enforce them has been described as an unstoppable train, and teachers are warned that we had better get on board with the process, or risk being run over. But opposition to this juggernaut is emerging from some surprising places, which creates the possibility of some unusual alliances. Blogs & Community
04/24/13 Politics K-12: The Claim: Common Core Tests Will Spy on Students?
The debate and rhetoric over the common standards is really heating up. Blogs & Community
06/28/13 Curriculum Matters: Common-Core 'Development': When Did It Begin?
A speech by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan prompts clarification of the standards' stages of development. Blogs & Community
12/28/12 Curriculum Matters: Literature and Nonfiction: Common-Core Advocates Strike Back
Standards advocates step up to counter weeks of accusations that the common core will weaken the role of literature in the classroom. Blogs & Community
11/14/12 Common Standards Drive New Approaches to Reading
Schools nationwide are revamping reading instruction, involving more disciplines and tilting toward nonfiction, among other changes. Education Week

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