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The Limits of Curriculum Choice

Digital Promise

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The elementary math textbook market is concentrated, but market share for specific texts varies by state. Read the original version here. Rather, to gain the benefits of either, districts may need to do both.” — Thomas Kane.

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What Is Competency-Based Learning, Why Does It Matter?

The CoolCatTeacher

Middle school points down to elementary. Elementary points to kindergarten. New Hampshire’s Journey towards Competency-Based Learning [Article]. Recent #nhedchat Twitter Chat on Competency Based Learning [January 26, 2016 Twitter Chat]. Think about it. And kindergarten blames the parents. Who is responsible ?

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The Reading League Journal – The Perfect Storm: Mississippi’s Momentum for Improving Reading Achievement

ExcelinEd

The reform efforts included a state-funded commitment to a pre-kindergarten pilot program, a comprehensive reading policy featuring a promotion/retention component at third grade, and a required assessment of the knowledge and skills needed to teach the science of reading for aspiring elementary teachers. Read the full article.

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Part 1: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Reading

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I am now just about booked through the end of March and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. Breaking News – Are you looking for a site filled with great news articles? Keep in mind that a teacher can even find an older article that matches curricular content standards. Check out my Booking Page.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

The Gates Foundation has backed a variety of education reform initiatives : charter schools, the Common Core State Standards, “small schools,” inBloom, teacher evaluations, and yes, “personalized learning.” The article takes that assertion at face value; many readers probably did too.

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Kids struggle to read when schools leave phonics out

The Hechinger Report

The problem is that many American elementary schools aren’t doing that. ” But this research hasn’t made its way into many elementary school classrooms. ” Related: Can Common Core reading tests ever be fair? “We never looked at brain research. We had never, ever looked at it.

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Part 4: STEM, STEAM, Makers: Turning STEM to STEAM… 24 Resources

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Why Scientific Innovation Needs The Arts – Explore this wonderful article from the Guardian that explains the connection between science and the arts. OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Masterpieces to Math – A wonderful article that focuses on how to incorporate art in math.

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