In Common Core, Little to Cheer About Andrew C. Porter August 9, 2011 Education Week Reformers, myself included, have been saying that U.S. schools need to teach more higher-order thinking skills if we’re going to catch up with other countries’ educational systems. But curricula in top-performing countries we studied—like Finland, Japan, and New Zealand—put far […]
Common-Core Writers Craft Curriculum Criteria
Common-Core Writers Craft Curriculum Criteria Catherine Gewertz July 22, 2011 Education Week …crossing the line into telling teachers how to teach. Working under a contract with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation… One central tension in the discussion has been trying to address the need for instructional tools without dictating pedagogy; another has been the […]
Time for state boards of education to sing!!!
Time for state boards of education to sing!!! Sandra Stotsky July 5th, 2011 Jay P. Greene’s Blog
A Summary Report from the Conference “Moving Forward Together: Curriculum & Assessment and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics”
A Summary Report from the Conference “Moving Forward Together: Curriculum & Assessment and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics” Pentagon City, Arlington, VA April 29-May 1, 2011
A signature of our times: Cutting cursive from class
A signature of our times: Cutting cursive from class 06/15/2011 dailybreeze.com
The Common Core State Standards— Education Reform and Us Solomon Garfunkel
The Common Core State Standards— Education Reform and Us Solomon Garfunkel JUNE/JULY 2011 NOTICES OF THE AMS We will be living with this version of the standards for at least the next ten years, and it will determine what and how K–12 mathematics is taught and tested. …we risk having a small minority make decisions […]
Common Core State Standards Change Reading in 6 Ways
Common Core State Standards Change Reading in 6 Ways 04.06.2011 Paper Legate K-12 Education
How Big a Change Are the Common Core Standards?
How Big a Change Are the Common Core Standards? Frederick Hess 06/02/2011 EducationNext “The Common Core puts considerably more emphasis on operations, less on basic algebra and geometric concepts, and more on probability.”
A Trial Run for School Standards That Encourage Deeper Thought
A Trial Run for School Standards That Encourage Deeper Thought FERNANDA SANTOS April 24, 2011 New York Times
Deep Questions About 'Deeper Thought'
Deep Questions About ‘Deeper Thought’ Peter Meyer 05/14/11 Huffpost Education
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