A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

First year New Milford High School teacher Mrs. Westbrook has been tackling the Common Core in an engaging and innovative fashion. One major instructional shift required by the Common Core Curriculum Standards is the increased emphasis on the use of informational texts.

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Common Core Strategy Student Engagement Meeting 283

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2017

At its most extreme, personalized learning can also unfetter kids to study whatever they’re most interested in, although experts say most schools still require students to cover key subjects and skills. Common Core still stands in most states, but many have tweaked the standards and changed the name to something less politically charged. “If

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Common Core Personalized Learning Learning Report 40

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

While the teachers in my audience will probably know the difference, it does not help that the Common Core Standards are exceptionally vague about the type of digital skills students need to exhibit. In 2014 a study found that many college freshmen had insufficient computer skills.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Knowledge Base Training 250

Neo LMS

APRIL 12, 2018

1st Grade digital PBL: a case study. Foley wrote an interesting dissertation for her PhD at Arizona University studying, “ Digital Storytelling in Primary-Grade Classrooms “ and furthermore its effect on student outcomes. In 2013 Leslie M. Ms Foley is now a professor in the Education Department of Grand Canyon University.

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Common Core Elementary Case Study Guidelines 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

It has the most practice tests of any program currently available as well as offering its study guides and practice tests in both in print and online. Founded in 2002 by graduates of the Yale School of Management, Veritas Prep offers live classroom prep courses, interactive online courses, on-demand classes, and private SAT tutoring sessions.

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Khan Academy How To Kaplan Assessment 189

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

In the early 2000’s basal reading programs were rebranded as “core reading programs” and given the stamp of approval by many state agencies, which labelled many of them “research-based.” Do a Genre Study. If taught with fidelity, your student’s reading problems would be solved, claimed the publishers and marketers.

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Libraries Common Core Strategy Meeting 73

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

At its most extreme, personalized learning can also unfetter kids to study whatever they’re most interested in, although experts say most schools still require students to cover key subjects and skills. Common Core still stands in most states, but many have tweaked the standards and changed the name to something less politically charged. “If

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