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Curriculum & Instruction
Skewering a widely circulated Common Core myth
There are scads of misinformation being tossed about when it comes to the Common Core Academic Standards.
Curriculum & Instruction
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Curriculum & Instruction
How best to integrate content and practices in science
The NGSS gave undue prominence to scientific skills and practices, ultimately underemphasizing content knowledge
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Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction
From local diplomas to zombie attacks
New York City’s graduation rate dipped very slightly in 2012—information that was
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Curriculum & Instruction
Disappointing science standards, costly teacher pensions, and other notes
How do Ohio’s science standards stack up, in comparison to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)?
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Curriculum & Instruction
We hate to say "I told you so"
According to the Times, ability grouping is back, after being unfairly stigmatized in th
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Curriculum & Instruction
Assessing the Educational Data Movement
Viewing education through the prism of Big Data
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Curriculum & Instruction, Advanced Education
Finding America’s Missing AP and IB Students
Education Trust discovers high achievers
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Curriculum & Instruction
Welcoming Teach For America another step forward for Cleveland Metropolitan School District
The CMSD school board will vote tomorrow night to approve the hiring of up to nine TFA members.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Muddying the Waters on Common Core
Peter Cunningham responds to an anti-Common Core article in the New York Times
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Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction, Advanced Education
Standing athwart the Internet, yelling Stop!
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation last week that places a one-year moratorium on new virtual charter schools outside Chicago and directs a state commission to study the effects and costs of virtual charters.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Balancing Career and Technical Education With Academic Coursework: The Consequences for Mathematics Achievement in High School
Career-tech courses neither hurt nor help
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Curriculum & Instruction
Enduring Links From Childhood Mathematics and Reading Achievement to Adult Socioeconomic Status
Reading plus math equals rags to riches
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Curriculum & Instruction
Fordham on the airwaves and in print
The Common Core. Portfolio management. Superintendents’ views on education reform. If you’ve missed any of Fordham's recent research reports or events on these timely and relevant topics in Ohio education reform, read the notes below and click on the links!
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Curriculum & Instruction
Liked but little used: Ohio’s rural districts and blended learning
Blended learning: It’s the talk of the town and perceived favorably, but it hasn’t found widespread use…yet.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Top Ten Takeaways: Common Assessments (Part 1 of 2)
Takeaways from last week's interviews with USED, PARCC, and Smarter Balanced on the move to Common Core-aligned assessments
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Curriculum & Instruction
A testimony on the Common Core standards
The following is Kathleen Porter-Magee's testimony to the Wisconsin State Legislature on the Common Core standards
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Accountability & Testing, Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction, Teachers & School Leaders
Half empty or half full: Superintendents' views on Ohio's education reforms
This report is based on the responses to an online survey conducted in Spring 2013 with 344 school district superintendents in Ohio. The survey covered seven education policies, specifically: Common Core State Standards, teacher evaluations, the Third Grade Reading Guarantee, open enrollment, A-to-F ratings for schools and districts, individualized learning (blended learning and credit flexibility), and school choice (charter schools and vouchers). It also included several questions on general attitudes towards school reform in Ohio and two trend items. Download today to discover the key findings!
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Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction
Pandering beats hostage-taking
When a Michigan House committee approved a measure that would allow students to skip Algebra 2 if they instead take a tec
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Curriculum & Instruction
By the Company It Keeps: Smarter Balanced
The second installment of the testing-consortia series is a conversation with Smarter Balanced
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Curriculum & Instruction
By the Company It Keeps: PARCC
The inaugural installment of By the Company It Keeps, an interview series with some of ed reform’s most important contributors
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Curriculum & Instruction
What Does It Really Mean to Be College and Work Ready? The Mathematics and English Literacy Required of First Year Community College Students
Low standards, low expectations
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Curriculum & Instruction
Limitless: Education, The Reynoldsburg Way
A profile feature article about the Reynoldsburg City School District
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Curriculum & Instruction
Can MOOCs rescue teacher PD?
At the least, MOOCs can stop the rising cost of PD—and, at best, could improve it
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