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Defend, but Closely Scrutinize, Test Policies, Fed Official Urges State and Local Leaders

Marketplace K-12

Assessment Common Core E-rate Ed-tech Online Learning ltlf assessment testing' Delisle, a top official at the U.S. Department of Education, said amid a growing anti-testing backlash, state and local officials need to evaluate how their assessments are used.

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The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using! (but should be) – SULS0148

Shake Up Learning

With the emergence of Common Core and very few resources available to align with these new standards, teachers began utilizing OER once again. There was an influx of districts assigning teachers or instructional coaches to compile OER options that reflected the needs of common core. See: Copyright Policy.

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10 of the most popular stories about education research in 2019

The Hechinger Report

Five years after Common Core, a mysterious spike in failure rate among NY high school students. After five years of high schools teaching to the Common Core standards, a local education policy consultant noted a sudden spike in the failure rate on high school exams in New York State.

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OPINION: Middle school math is a unique problem that needs more attention

The Hechinger Report

The rhetoric and policy of “accelerate, don’t remediate” makes sense when students are a year to a year and a half below grade level. But even the best guides on how to help students complete unfinished learning don’t have advice on how to help math students who are three years behind. He is a partner at Union Square Learning.

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5 Free Summer Professional Development Resources from ASCD

The 21st Century Principal

The EduCore ™ digital tool — This digital tool is a repository of evidence-based strategies, videos, and supporting documents that help educators transition to the Common Core State Standards. educators implementing the Common Core State Standards in both mathematics and literacy.

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

The Hechinger Report

We have to engage in a movement,” Susan Patrick, CEO of the nonprofit advocacy group known as iNACOL (International Association for K-12 Online Learning), told the cheering crowd of 3,000 true believers. Remember the pushback against Common Core standards, teacher effectiveness and tying teacher pay to student performance ?

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50 Free Online Courses For Educators: Spring 2015

TeachThought - Learn better.

Foundations of Teaching for Learning 3: Learners and Learning. 1368.3x: Saving Schools: History, Politics, and Policy in U.S. K-12 Blended & Online Learning. American Education Reform: History, Policy, Practice. 1368.4x: Saving Schools: History, Politics, and Policy in U.S. Supporting eLearners.