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Closing gap for immigrant students under Common Core in Kentucky is a moving target

The Hechinger Report

A burgeoning population in Kentucky of students who are learning English combined with the adoption of more rigorous standards means efforts like Ogbe’s are ever more important. Strong language skills are key as part of the state’s Common Core standards. born and raised.

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Why Efforts to Improve Teacher Productivity and Efficiency May Not Pay Off

Edsurge

It has also impacted the role that teachers play in the mind of educational policy makers and reformers—for good and ill. Investments in teacher training programs when new state standards or social-emotional learning programs are rolled out are recent examples where statewide decisions shape local choices.

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Making the case for common K-12 standards

eSchool News

In this ever-dynamic landscape, “commonstandards 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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Curriculum Associates Sponsors the Council of the Great City Schools’ Inaugural Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice

eSchool News

Former US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan presented the Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice to Casserly during a virtual award ceremony at the CGCS’s Legislative/Policy Conference. To learn more about Curriculum Associates, visit CurriculumAssociates.com. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”.

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Understanding ESSA: How the Every Student Succeeds Act will Change U.S. Educational Policy

eSpark

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. educational policy: College and Career Readiness. Blended Learning.

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Professional development should make teachers feel urgent, not small and isolated

eSchool News

The need for more practical and effective professional learning opportunities for teachers is especially important right now, with new academic standards being introduced and adapted in schools across the country. And they deserve access to high-quality professional learning resources. But we’re not there yet.

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What’s The One Thing They’ll Remember From Their Time With You?

TeachThought - Learn better.

Put another way, there is a reason to learn. Without that reason, education becomes a self-justifying expression of policies and procedures. In all of the focus on process and improvement, it’s easy to forget that there is a function of knowledge–a human output derived from injected understandings, skills, and competencies.