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“It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky

The Hechinger Report

Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works with Remy Campbell on a smart board in her classroom. April 27, 2016 Photo: By Michael Clevenger, the Courier-Journal. But to expect that the Common Core – or any standards – alone will move the needle is overreaching, he said. Reframing expectations. But we do.”.

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After Layoffs, Math Curriculum Developer Reasoning Mind Sells to Weld North Education

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curriculum market shifted towards purchasing materials aligned materials to Common Core and state academic standards, the organization began building new offerings based on these U.S. Imagine previously acquired Think Through Math, another digital math product, in 2016.) Later, as the U.S. and Russia.

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How play is making a comeback in Kindergarten

The Hechinger Report

From 1998 to 2010, the time spent on nonacademic subjects in kindergarten, including free play, decreased in favor of more time on academic subjects, such as conventional spelling and writing simple equations, a 2016 study found. They had taken out all the fun to make it more academic,” Turtzo said.

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Clinton looks to move Democrats away from ‘Education Wars’

The Hechinger Report

The new language supports the rights of parents to opt their children out of standardized tests, demand more oversight of charters and oppose evaluating teachers using their students’ standardized test scores.