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

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April 27, 2016 Photo: By Michael Clevenger, the Courier-Journal. It’s unfair these students – about 98,000 across the state with conditions ranging from dyslexia to severe cognitive impairments – are entering society unprepared, said former Kentucky Education Commissioner Gene Wilhoit, a longtime supporter of the Common Core standards.

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OPINION: How top charter schools became an ‘afterthought’ in one state

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In 1993, Massachusetts enacted a bipartisan education reform law that gave schools a massive infusion of state money in return for high academic standards and accountability. Academic standards were the next to go. In the decade before the Common Core was implemented, Massachusetts NAEP reading scores rose by 0.25

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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. The group brought in Gregg Fleisher to take over as CEO on Jan. office adapted it for use by American students. Later, as the U.S.

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The Bare Minimum Of Technology Integration

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But while the original title of the image (and the collection of ideas it illustrate) works well, looking at it more closely, it was dominated by technology use–less about planning and learning models and teaching strategies and grouping activities or unit planning templates, and more about technology.

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National test scores reveal a decade of educational stagnation

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states adopted new, more demanding academic standards in the 2010s, and there have been widespread reports about the difficulties in changing instruction in the classroom. More than 40 states embraced the “Common Core” while additional states adopted similar standards.). Then, nearly all U.S.

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Can ‘Sober High’ schools keep teenagers off drugs?

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That was in January 2016. In 2016, unintentional overdoses claimed 1,465 lives statewide, up from 613 in 2011. A tainted batch of heroin hit the streets in January 2016, causing 40 overdoses in just two days. Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically. Photo: Austin Haeberle.

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How play is making a comeback in Kindergarten

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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. The school, which was built by an international architecture group, cost $26-million to construct.