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School Leadership in the Common Core Era

A Principal's Reflections

It appears that much of the focus for improvement has been on creating rigorous classroom instruction to increase student achievement measured by the highly contested standardized tests. In our attempt to identify these youngsters, we hope to better serve them through our advocacy for a school-wide framework to support their learning needs.

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The Importance of the Right Technology in Schools

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The goal of the program was to provide high-quality instruction in every classroom and technology was seen as the vehicle to make that happen. The Influence of Common Core and SBAC Testing Utah participated in the Common Core standards and was an SBAC state for online testing.

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Passionate About Second Language Acquisition: Meet Inkeri, English Teacher at 51Talk

EdNews Daily

In 2003-2004, I taught a first grade English immersion classroom for the City of Espoo’s Jalavapuisto elementary school. My advocacy for second language and culture learning is reflected in my personal life. She brings over a decade of classroom teaching experience in both the United States and abroad.

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As states push for news ways of learning, some kids and parents feel left behind

The Hechinger Report

We have to engage in a movement,” Susan Patrick, CEO of the nonprofit advocacy group known as iNACOL (International Association for K-12 Online Learning), told the cheering crowd of 3,000 true believers. Remember the pushback against Common Core standards, teacher effectiveness and tying teacher pay to student performance ?

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District says 24 credits and a D-minus average aren’t good enough

The Hechinger Report

Traditional grades no longer exist, children get extra help based on their individual learning needs and classrooms run very differently. Sitting quietly at the back of the room is no longer an option in classrooms that prize student engagement. But the classroom visit persuaded Picard. Instead of just saying, ‘Mr.

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Student voice: My journey from Kentucky’s rural poverty to Wellesley — and across the empathy gap

The Hechinger Report

When I looked around the classroom I noticed many of my friends either staring timidly down at their desks or exchanging looks as the wealthier students encouraged the teacher on her rant. Related: More than five years after adopting Common Core, Kentucky’s black-white achievement gap is widening.

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New York’s upstate cities have some of the worst schools in the country

The Hechinger Report

Students in Kelly McCarthy’s first-grade classroom end the period with a vocabulary word game. If it were using a Common Core test, for example, New York City could be compared to other rapidly gentrifying cities like San Francisco, Washington and Boston. You can see the national Common Core standards in action at Franklin.