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Who or What Hates Common Core?

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A team of researchers from the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education has been digging deeply into social media data to examine the roots of the public dialogue around Common Core.

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How Twitter influences the Common Core debate

eSchool News

Researchers track tweets to determine how social media plays into Common Core and educational debates. A new study endeavors to uncover how social media can impact education politics and how people view those issues, especially as they relate to the Common Core State Standards.

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Change is a Mindset

A Principal's Reflections

Even in the face of adversity in the form of education reform mandates, Common Core alignment, impending PARCC exams, new educator evaluation systems, loss of funding, and an aging infrastructure we have not only persevered, but proven that positive change can happen with the right mindset. Makerspace added to the library in 2013.

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Leadership Ignited

A Principal's Reflections

This year, they have decided to rely instead on what NASSP members have reported as the issues that keep principals up at night, such as Common Core implementation, new teacher evaluation models, and dropout prevention and graduation rates. While attendees are at Ignite 2013, they will get to reclaim that time and make the most of it.

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8 Books for Summer Reading and Professional Development

The 21st Century Principal

Looking back through my reading notes, if I had to select 7 books that I suggest as “Must-Reads for the Summer of 2013” here’s those seven. The Core Six: Essential Strategies for Achieving Excellence with the Common Core by Matthew J. Social media is here to stay. Perini, Thomas Dewing, and Harvey F.

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Students Are Reading Slower and Comprehending Less. Here’s What To Do About It.

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It’s a fraught question, and the culprits are probably many, from poverty in some cases, to hours spent scrolling through social media, to kids having less unstructured time to read for pleasure. Why are kids struggling to read more today than 50 years ago? The overarching issue is probably that students just read less,” says Spichtig.

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College Board Scrutinized for Security Breaches on SAT Test in Asia

Marketplace K-12

The news agency says it identified eight occasions since late 2013 when test material was being improperly circulated online before the SAT was given in Asia. Last year, Pearson was heavily criticized amid revelations its oversaw the monitoring of social media and websites to try to gain intel on the sharing of common-core testing content.

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