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In Love with Space? Here are Great Websites to Take You There

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After launch, students can learn about a large range of real astronomical missions dating from the 1980s and the data they collected. Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6. – See more at: [link]. – See more at: [link].

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The Limits of Curriculum Choice

Digital Promise

But in the first multi-state effort to measure textbook efficacy since the implementation of the Common Core, researchers at the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University saw no difference in the average fourth- and fifth-grade math achievement gains of schools using different elementary math textbooks.

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“It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky

The Hechinger Report

Since Kentucky became the first state to adopt the Common Core in 2010, the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their nondisabled peers has widened slightly – despite sweeping expectations the more rigorous standards would help eliminate disparities in academic performance. Reframing expectations.

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Pi Day: An Example of an Interdisciplinary, Engaging Lesson

User Generated Education

Common Core Math Standards: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.G.B.4. Common Core English Language Arts Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.7. Students collect data or identify relevant data sets, use digital tools to analyze them, and represent data in various ways to facilitate problem-solving and decision-making.

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Quick Review of 7 Popular Math Programs

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Pearson’s enVisionMATH Common Core-aligned curriculum develops K-6 students’ understanding of math concepts through problem-based instruction, small-group interaction, and interactive learning with a focus on reasoning and modeling. It teaches concepts as well as memorization and has a Common Core-aligned option.

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3 Ways Ed-Tech Can Cultivate a Growth Mindset

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

Is it just me, or does GPA seem a little antiquated given the in-depth data we could potentially draw upon when evaluating students? Given that the Common Core is based on skills acquired, couldn’t evaluation mirror those standards? Tap Into Actionable Data.

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Math Webtools to Support Any Curriculum

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Then that too changed when rote drills and worksheets were replaced with cerebral challenges and dynamic exercises. Programs are geared to the particular learning of Elementary and Middle School, and Middle and High School with games and lessons aligned to state and national standards like Common Core, TEKS and MAFS.