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The Importance of Aligning Content with Common Core Standards

Evelyn Learning

In the developing prospects of education, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) offer a fundamental framework for curriculum development and instruction in the United States. Educational institutions must ensure to align their instructional methodologies with the benchmarks of the Common Core Standards.

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Discovery Education's Common Core Academies

A Principal's Reflections

Educators across America are grappling with what the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) mean for their instruction and have key questions around successful implementation: What are the core components of the CCSS and how do they impact me? These Academies will provide educators with the support they need in the Common Core era.

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School Leadership in the Common Core Era

A Principal's Reflections

Nonetheless, we contend that a concentration on the enhancement of teaching skills and strategies is not enough. Planning leads to the development of explicit strategy instruction that includes guided practice and collaborative student work—which ultimately fosters high levels of student engagement. References Dove, M.

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Use of Blogging to Address the Common Core

A Principal's Reflections

Westbrook has been tackling the Common Core in an engaging and innovative fashion. One major instructional shift required by the Common Core Curriculum Standards is the increased emphasis on the use of informational texts.

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14 Tech Assessment Strategies

Ask a Tech Teacher

Does s/he use core classroom knowledge (i.e., Does s/he [whichever Common Core Standard is being pursued by the use of technology. writing conventions) in tech projects? Does s/he work well in groups? Does s/he use the internet safely?

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13 Tips to Solve Unusual Problems

Ask a Tech Teacher

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Here’s a poster with the strategies.

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Get Common Core Ready: Achieve Dynamic Student-led Discussions

Catlin Tucker

Note: For educators interested in incorporating online discussions into their curriculum, my first book Blended Learning in Grades 4-12 provides resources and strategies to support this shift. We crowdsource a list of strategies facilitators can use to include every group member in the conversation. Just in time for summer reading!