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Subscriber Special: February Common Core Math Lessons

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Common Core–Math Lesson Plans 141 pages, 20 projects, over 114 Common Core standards, for K-8. Common Core–Math Lesson Plans 141 pages, 20 projects, over 114 Common Core standards, for K-8. Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching.

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Observing the Common Core Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

Educators across the country are grappling with the Common Core Standards and the significant changes that have come with them. With upgraded curricula and the knowledge gained from trainings teachers began in earnest this past September developing lessons to implement and assess the new standards. Now back to my story.

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13 Tips to Solve Unusual Problems

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Today’s tip: Solutions to unusual problems Category: Problem-solving Whether you follow Habits of Mind, Common Core, Depth of Knowledge, IB, or another K-12 learning strategy, every student must learn problem-solving to become a functioning, contributing adult. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Math Instruction Isn’t Working. Could Better Teacher Training Help?

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Poor teacher support and inadequate training, researchers suggest, may be contributing. It’s more common to focus on literacy than numeracy methodologies in teacher training programs, even though the two are deeply connected, Baumann, of NWEA, says. And the curriculum isn’t always good. What should be done?

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Free MLK Lesson Plans

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” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Adequate vs Suitable and the Common Core War

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This makes sense, if you’ve been trained to look for deficits and mind the gap. This is honorable–even […] The post Adequate vs Suitable and the Common Core War appeared first on Brilliant or Insane. Brilliant or Insane When we commit to improving, we often make adequate our priority.

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The Runaway Train

A Principal's Reflections

In both cases, the respective Department of Education is moving at a feverish pace to implement the Common Core State Standards, new teacher evaluation systems, and adopt standardized tests produced by PARCC. My hope is that we can slow down this train before it is too late. Can we do better? Change education reform Opinion'

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