New From Fordham: Review of the Draft K-12 Common Core Standards.Our expert reviewers have analyzed the draft Common Core K-12 education standards according to a set of rigorous criteria. They conclude that the draft mathematics standards deserve an A- and English language arts, a B. Read their analyses??here.
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From Checker's, Kathleen's, and Amber's Desks
- Honors grades for the Common Core (How do the ???Common Core??? K-12 draft standards stack up? Our experts weigh in.)
Recommended Reading
- Health-caring for our teachers (Reforming health care unfortunately doesn't reform teacher benefits???it bolsters them.)
- Shuttered schoolhouses (Closing a struggling school is never easy, but it is sometimes necessary.)
- Congress sues four citizens! (How many FOIA requests is too many?)
- The lost case of Georgie Porgie (By the time children enter Kindergarten, it might be too late to prevent obesity.)
The Education Gadfly Show Podcast
- Bigger, Bolder, Fatter (Mike and Andy co-host, Amber shares her Research Minute, and Janie fills in on Rate that Reform.)
Short Reviews
- The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2009 (NAEP reading scores in both fourth and eighth grade remain flat.)
- The 2009 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning? (Loveless talks NAEP trends, school turnarounds, and charter conversions.)
- State Test Score Trends Through 2007-2008, Part 5: Are There Differences in Achievement Between Boys and Girls? (Boys still lag behind girls in reading achievement in elementary, middle, and high school.)
- Beyond Demographic Destiny: An Analysis of Massachusetts' Minority and White Student Achievement Gaps (A few districts in MA are actually closing their achievement gaps. Can we learn from them?)
Announcements
- Fordham's next big development (Fordham still on the hunt for a Development Director.)
- Be a Great(Schools) COO (GreatSchools is seeking a new COO.)
