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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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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. And Facebook is over ).

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What parents should ask teachers about technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

For Common Core schools: How do they prepare students to succeed with online testing? End-of-year assessments of the Common Core grade-level standards are delivered online. Here’s a post which covers fourteen AUP guidelines and places to go to view standard AUPs. This isn’t an uncommon concern. legalities.

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

The Hechinger Report

Along with objections to that, many complaints arose that the state provided no clear guidelines for the transition. More than a thousand parents have joined a Facebook group called Mainers Concerned About Proficiency Based Learning. Related: Documenting Maine’s failure to implement proficiency-based learning.

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Events + News - This Month in School Libraries - Future Ready Schools Online Summit - Student Coding

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Stay tuned for all events at [link] , which also has Facebook event links for each activity. The Bloggers' Cafe will be open Friday - Wednesday, and we're really hoping to add an education slam poetry event still. See this year's conference strands and plan to get your proposal in early.

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2016 Global Education Conference Starts Sunday - Important Information!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Dr. Rachel Clarke, Principal Globalizing the English Common Core Reading Materials - Ashley Gwinn Master Teacher and Curriculum Specialist Gomabseubnida, Seoul: How My Summer in Korea Made Me a Better Teacher. - Barrios, Ed.D.; Associate Professor Harmonizing Global Alliances: A Case Study of Afghanistan - Maria A.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Nor has it stopped Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg from making “personalized learning” a centerpiece of his venture philanthropy firm’s education work or from vowing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on it. Whatever “it” is. So is “personalized learning” really a “trend”?

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