The Jose Vilson

JANUARY 20, 2020

I arrive in my classroom every morning at around 7:20 am, 40 minutes before my students trickle in. I expect them to acclimate to these academic standards while sympathizing with their hunger and growing pains. As if the plastic desktops and semi-silent rooms in my classroom were one of their few constants.

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Classroom Academic Standards Guidelines Social Media 162

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

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.

Assessment 81

Assessment Elementary System Academic Standards 81

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works with Remy Campbell on a smart board in her classroom. Most educators agree the Common Core standards are rigorous enough that students who meet these guidelines will be adequately prepared to pursue a career or a college degree after they graduate from the public school system.

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Common Core Education Tablets Academic Standards 53

MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Research has shown that a majority of the educators who teach English-language learners (ELLs) are creating their own instructional materials — often with little oversight — that don’t necessarily match the student’s grade level or the rigor required by state academic standards. Those statistics recently prompted the U.S.

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Instructional Materials Survey Dropout Common Core 28

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In some cases that means being given more time on tests or being offered the option of using technology for written assignments; in other cases it means having an aide in the classroom working with them individually. Within each disability, there is variance in severity and how the disability reveals itself in a classroom.

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Education Strategy Report Training 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2016

The Common Core standards, a set of English and math guidelines adopted by more than 40 states, challenge many commonly held beliefs — including how best to teach children to read. Regardless of how effectively Pinheiro incorporates the Common Core academic standards into her classroom, challenges will remain.

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Common Core Elementary Assessment Academic Standards 40

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 19, 2020

Eliminating school library programs and certified school librarian positions deprive students of rich learning opportunities, jeopardize academic and reading achievement, and perpetuate educational inequities. Gym teachers and art teachers may be similarly concerned about their programs and their spaces may be used as classrooms.

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Libraries Elementary Future Ready Advocacy 118