eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2015

Under the current era of the Common Core State Standards, this myth is playing out in some districts and schools in a different way. For guidance on curriculum materials aligned with the Common Core Standards, leaders are encouraged to consult documents on the CCSS website that contains criteria for developing CCSS-based programs.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The tech and core standards of organizations such as ISTE, CSTA, and Common Core State Initiative stipulate that students need foundational digital literacy skills to demonstrate writing, reading, and mathematical achievement. After receiving an M.Ed

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The Daring Librarian

JANUARY 13, 2013

Below are pictures I took back in 2005 when our district Library Media Specialists went on a "field trip" to the Library of Congress! common core creative commons easely field trip infographic library of congress ron peck social studies chat TLChat TLVirtual Cafe' It was AWESOME!

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

A 2005 research study by the MDRC, a New York- and Oakland, California-based research group, found that Kansas City high schools produced and sustained a “double digit” improvement in the percentage of 11th-graders reading proficiently and a dramatic decline in the percentage of students scoring “unsatisfactory” on the state test.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

In 2005, Lee co-founded NAAP to offer summertime musical theater programs to schoolchildren in Chinatown. Related: Theater helps English language learners master Common Core: But can it close the achievement gap? Yung Wing School’s panda mascot adorns the lobby of the school. Photo: Eveline Chao for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2017

The adoption of the Common Core standards led many other schools to try the model , too. But Bobbi Macdonald has modeled City Neighbors, opened in 2010, on the elementary school she founded in Baltimore in 2005, which was designed in the Reggio Emilia tradition.

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MindShift

MAY 25, 2015

Read more about Common Core. But as states have begun rolling out the Common Core standards, integrating the arts has become more challenging — even for schools like Soulsville. Soulsville opened with only sixth-graders in 2005, then added a grade each year until its first graduating class in 2012.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

But the Common Core standards “raise up listening to be a skill that is equivalent to reading and writing and speaking,” he said. In response, more elementary schools are adding a listening component to their station rotations, where students can listen to fluently spoken language. “It More than just literacy skills.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2016

High school students are taking a new version of the SAT, which incorporates the first changes to the test since 2005. To the casual observer, the SAT looks the same — questions on math and English, an essay, a set amount of time to finish each question. But the college entrance exam has gotten a makeover.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

A learning theory that suggests that “people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences” (Christie 2005). (14). Common Core) for individual students. Differentiation. Individualized Learning. The customizing of universal content (e.g.,

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Ocon, who had been at the school since 2005, became convinced that the source of the dismal performance numbers was not the kids but a hidebound curriculum that was simply not working to their benefit. 84 percent of this Chicago high school’s students graduate on time and 52 percent of them now go to college, an 11-point increase from 2012.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

For this reason, many educational standards, including the Common Core, emphasize the importance of being able to read, write, and interact across a range of media, platforms, and tools. In the digital age, inquiry and problem-solving can span across a range of media and tools. This skill is often referred to as "transliteracy."

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

“ ESSA Would Handcuff a Trump Education Secretary on Common Core And More,” says Education Week , even though ditching Common Core was one of Trump’s campaign promises. More on the future of Common Core from NPR. Inside Higher Ed has more on the latter. Education Secretary John King Jr.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The email, he said, detailed a “Priority 1 Alert” that had been issued by Pearson and the New Jersey Department of Education, regarding a student who had tweeted about a test question on the PARCC — a standardized test based on the Common Core State Standards. You can learn anything on YouTube, we’ve been told.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. The map draws on only 100,000 articles from 180 journals and only dates back to 2005 because that is the grand sum of education technology research. ” Oregon students will soon be sitting more standardized tests – wheee!

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

There was some talk that, despite being vociferously anti-union , Michelle Rhee’s support for the Common Core was allegedly a deal-breaker. Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. She serves on its board.)

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The Common Core. DeVos herself sat on the Board of Directors of the Acton Institute from 1995 to 2005, an organization that recently blogged about repealing child labor laws. .” What are the problems that Trump identified on the campaign trail about education? Political correctness. Foreign students.

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