Common Core standards: Let the commenting begin!
As Checker wrote yesterday, the Common Core folks did a heckuva job with the draft K-12 standards in reading and math. But that doesn't mean they are perfect.
As Checker wrote yesterday, the Common Core folks did a heckuva job with the draft K-12 standards in reading and math. But that doesn't mean they are perfect.
"Education Department buying 27 shotguns"
Over the last year, as I've been following the RTT and other big issues affecting states and districts, I've read literally thousands of articles from magazines, blogs, and local, state, regional, and national newspapers.
After absolutely zero popular demand, the occasional series "From the To-Read Pile" is making its triumphant return! This is where I plug articles, books, or reports that I should've read long ago but didn't. This installment covers four reports that address a single broad issue--managing a city's portfolio of schools--from different angles.
Here at the Fordham office, the draft Common Core standards has not only brought an air of excitement, but also a nostalgic trip down memory lane.
This week, Mike and Rick discuss the Race to the Top finalists (we're a bit late, but this is a weekly show!), the Department of Education's new push for ???civil rights,???
Most of the Fordham office was over at the AEI-Fordham event yesterday for Diane Ravitch's new book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System. (If you missed our live tweeting, you can watch the event video here.) The event's moderator, Rick Hess, has (as promised) now posted hi
From Checker's Desk "Common Core" education standards: Impressive, balanced, serious (Checker's take on the new draft standards, released this week)
???What is different about mathematics in Maine from California??? I don't believe there is a difference.?? You will see far more states adopt the standards than not.??? ???Susan Gendron, Maine Commissioner of Education