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Zygna Releases Free, Education-Focused Words With Friends EDU

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They’re words that show up on assessments and standardized tests, most notably the Common Core, with which much of the game aligns. Words With Friends, originally released in 2009, was once a chart-topping app, though now it ranks 168th, according to AppAnnie.

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Sal Khan on Expanding Into Early Learning and Launching a Peer-to-Peer Tutoring Platform

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Most people who are middle-income or better, the Common Core kindergarten standards almost seem ridiculously easy. My oldest son, who’s 12 now, was born in 2009, and he kind of grew up on it. And then in 2015 or 2016, my assistant says, “Hey, this company wants to meet. Like, of course my kid knows how to do those things.

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What the research says about the best way to engage parents

The Hechinger Report

By 2016, almost 70 percent of Edmondson’s students received a free or reduced-price lunch and came from low-income families; the school was eligible to receive Title 1 funds from the federal government. Nearly 100 people attended the first gathering in the spring of 2016, attendance that has remained steady every year since.

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The Thin Line Between Critical Literacy and New Literacies

Reading By Example

2016, May 14). Retrieved 14:00, October 25, 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Critical_literacy&oldid=720298766. Teaching Digital Literacies for the Common Core: What Results From New Assessments Tell Us. Critical literacy. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Forzani, E. Jenkins, H.

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National test scores reveal a decade of educational stagnation

The Hechinger Report

More than 40 states embraced the “Common Core” while additional states adopted similar standards.). Worsening reading performance in fourth grade, especially among low-performing students, was also detected in a 2016 international exam which was administered entirely by pencil and paper. Then, nearly all U.S.

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The Thin Line Between Critical Literacy and New Literacies

Reading By Example

2016, May 14). Retrieved 14:00, October 25, 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Critical_literacy&oldid=720298766. Teaching Digital Literacies for the Common Core: What Results From New Assessments Tell Us. Critical literacy. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Forzani, E. Jenkins, H.

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How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

The Hechinger Report

An annual study of Broadway and the 16 top nonprofit theaters in New York City, put out by the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, shows that from 2006 to 2016, Asian actors were hired for 3.7 Related: Theater helps English language learners master Common Core: But can it close the achievement gap? percent of the U.S.

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