Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

From this perspective, the strategic use of professional development can be seen as equivalent to the specialized training that workers receive in other industries. In contrast, the American education system, despite efforts to centralize elements like academic standards, remains enormously fragmented.

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Policies Trends Common Core Training 116

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2017

In this ever-dynamic landscape, “common” standards for education seemingly get a bad rap, but they’re useful, particularly for the development and distribution of open education resources (OER). When OER curation was in its infancy, there were few common standards in place for vetting and cataloging this content.

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OER Academic Standards Policies Common Core 72

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

A common set of academic standards could alleviate the discovery issue, but several states have withdrawn from the Common Core State Standards and decided to adopt their own. were part of the Common Core initiative, but several have dropped this school year.)

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OER Resources Common Core Education 60

eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

have expressed frustration with No Child Left Behind, an educational policy that has been derided by educators as placing too much emphasis on standardized testing and failing to address racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps. For over ten years, districts across the U.S. educational policy: College and Career Readiness.

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Policies Blended Learning Education EdTech 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 30, 2015

Among the biggest changes the Common Core Standards require is the shift in the burden of general literacy. And here we are, and the Common Core Standards (no matter what you might think of them) are asking all teachers to teach writing. Culture and industry. Writing Is Still How We Communicate.

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Common Core Academic Standards STEM Industry 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2019

Many residents here work in the town’s industrial corridor, making boxes and Styrofoam cups, just a mile away from the elementary school. Many recited numbers up to 30 by memory, meeting a new academic standard that Mississippi adopted for kindergarteners amid the rollout of Common Core Standards.

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