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Arkansas Department of Education Names Curriculum Associates’ Magnetic Reading™ Foundations an Approved English Language Arts Foundational Skills Program for Grades K–2

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The Arkansas Department of Education’s Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) recently named Curriculum Associates’ Magnetic Reading Foundations to its list of high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) for foundational skills in English language arts. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.—

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4 keys to supporting college and career readiness

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Our efforts seem to be paying off, as all of our elementary and middle schools are rated by the state as either “shows progress” or “excels” in terms of reading and math achievement. Here are four strategies that we believe are essential to any college and career readiness initiative. 60” referred to the same number.

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Less Is More: 4 Strategies To Streamline Your Curriculum

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Less Is More: 4 Strategies To Streamline Your Curriculum. One important point is that the standards require more depth and less breadth. Meeting these standards can be done by doing less, not more. Here, we’ll focus on three major strategies; integrating, combining, and cutting. by Renee Rubin , Ed.D., Less is more!

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How State Reform in New Hampshire Led to Teacher Autonomy

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But at Memorial Elementary School , one of two elementary schools in New Hampshire’s Sanborn Regional School District , administrators and teachers are given the freedom to experiment with cutting-edge ideas not in spite of district and state guidelines, but because of them.

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How to boost math skills in the early grades

The Hechinger Report

Small-group math work at Prairie Oak Elementary in Berwyn North School District 98 where, two years ago, just 14 percent of third-graders were able to do grade-level math. During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. BERWYN, Ill. —

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards.

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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. But to expect that the Common Core – or any standards – alone will move the needle is overreaching, he said. Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works on reading with Tyler Howard, left, and Anthony Diaz, right.