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An Expanded Definition of Student Success

Digital Promise

Erin Mote and Eric Tucker lead Brooklyn Lab Schools , a group of charter schools in downtown Brooklyn, and are focused on building systems that support an expanded definition of student success. The post An Expanded Definition of Student Success appeared first on Digital Promise.

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What Are the Real Motives Behind the Common Core State Standards? Let's Be Honest with Ourselves!

The 21st Century Principal

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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Vivid Vocabulary, Common Core, & Tech Integration Tools

wwwatanabe

With the shifts of the Common Core , students need to spend time learning both Tier 2 and Tier 3 words in a variety of ways. By interacting with vocabulary, students absorb the word''s meaning and learn to appropriately use it in a variety of contexts ( Common Core Appendix A ).

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STEM, PBL, Common Core, and 21st Century Learning

wwwatanabe

STEM, PBL, Common Core, and 21st century learning While they shared with the Board, I realized that most of our PBLs were also STEM projects and addressed the shifts in the Common Core. What overlaps do you see between STEM, PBL, Common Core, and 21st century learning?

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How a blended program can change Common Core math

eSchool News

In the past few years, the Common Core has significantly altered the landscape in terms of mathematics education. The Common Core has also required more coherence in our curriculum. It also allows us to take a blended learning approach to our Common Core math instruction.

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Childhood is Expendable to Some Education Reformers

A Principal's Reflections

These experiences definitely helped mold me into the adult I have become today. As a parent of two elementary students (first and third grade) in Staten Island, NY, I witness daily the negative impacts that Common Core and standardized testing, under the guise of education reform, are having on them.

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5 questions I ask before buying into any “Common-Core aligned” product

The Cornerstone for Teachers

And yet just last month, EdWeek reported that 17 out of 20 math series that claimed to be aligned to Common Core still fail to live up to their claims. This is by no means a definitive guide or checklist, just a common sense I approach I use when encountering a resource for the first time and deciding whether to use it with kids: 1.