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Who or What Hates Common Core?

Edsurge

A team of researchers from the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education has been digging deeply into social media data to examine the roots of the public dialogue around Common Core.

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Draw on Student Interests to Make the Common Core Work for You

Educator Innovator

This was originally posted at Common Sense Graphite. As the new school year begins, articles and resources dedicated to helping teachers develop curriculum and assessments aligned to the Common Core literacy standards are popping up everywhere. Tap into digital literacy and civic education skills at the same time!

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2017 Teachers Pay Teachers’ July Conference — Overview

Ask a Tech Teacher

million education-oriented Pre-K through High School lesson plans, curricula, videos, classroom activities, assessments, books, bulletin board ideas, classroom decorations, interactive notebooks, task cards, Common Core resources, and more. Seminars I attended included: using social media to spread the word. copyrights.

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The Fun of IFTTT

Ask a Tech Teacher

Since it began, over 100 million students have participated worldwide in over forty languages (data from HourofCode.com ). It uses a simple statement that will turn all the social media mavens into engineers—IF THIS THEN THAT. 5c: Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context. – See more at: [link].

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What are this year’s top trends at SXSW EDU?

eSchool News

Blockchain: Hype or Enabler for K-12 Data Privacy. Race, Social Media & the Role of Schools. With data collection on the rise and the push for interoperability to better align reporting, there is an opportunity to capture competency through new and unique methods. Education Meets Blockchain and the Sharing Economy.

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Governor Christie’s Guide to Destroying a Great Education System #NJED

A Principal's Reflections

This recognition has been validated by state-by-state data comparisons. Pushed forward a few unfunded mandates (Common Core, PARCC) that have taken away precious funds from improving what really matters. Historically NJ is typically number one or two. This past year five of the top 100 public schools in America were from NJ.

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How Effective for Learning are the Apps we Use?

techlearning

A recent University of Phoenix College of Education survey showed that about 58% of teachers use educational apps and 41% use social media. To figure that out, they can look at assessment data for evidence of correlation between apps and test score improvement. Growth is particularly high in web-based devices. Dr. Ryan S.

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