The 21st Century Principal

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Now that 45 states (and 3 territories) have adopted the Common Core Standards, edu-preneurs and opportunists have gone into overdrive, churning out tons of materials, programs, and trainings to help schools and school districts implement these standards. Or, is it a continuation of a outdated education paradigm that refuses to die?

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Common Core Education Comparison Policies 88

The 21st Century Principal

JANUARY 25, 2014

Today, there was this post on the Public School Forum of North Carolina website defending the Common Core. I am a skeptic about the Common Core, not because I do not believe in the need to have higher standards. The Common Core is "more rigorous than North Carolina''s previous standards."

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Common Core Pearson Analysis Company 98

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2021

Students create budgets, shopping plans, and comparison shopping while learning about the effective use of credit. Designed for grades 7-10, it is also linked with Math and ELA Common Core standards. They also dig into careers and understand college financing options.

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Course Elementary Data Common Core 502

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

All three new tests are more rigorous than the old GED and were designed to mirror the changes in traditional high schools with the introduction of Common Core standards. The final comparison year, 2016, is two years after the 2014 change, giving some time for the transition. which administers the TASC, are for-profit companies.

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Comparison Data Secondary Report 97

MindShift

JULY 10, 2015

After looking at an initial prototype, Hartford educators came back to the company explaining areas that needed more background, context and clues to scaffold a student’s understanding of texts. In comparison, the Middlebury blended curriculum is grouped by overarching themes and subthemes.

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Common Core Blended Learning Comparison Examples 28

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

ways to improve the efficiency of passive content consumption or the improved use of low-hanging data points to make sweeping comparisons of heterogenous populations). The other 70 percent is derived from something Summit calls “Cognitive Skills,” which are a blend of skills called out in the common core, NGSS and other 21st century skills.

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Industry System Common Core iPhone 60

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 18, 2016

The American Federation of Teachers is pressuring Pearson PLC, the global education company, to conduct a business strategy review with an eye to becoming more profitable. million-member union says the company should consider changes designed to ensure that the company makes more money, citing drops in its share price over the past year.

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