EDUCATE NC | Brokering honest information legislators trust
Earlier this month, 67 North Carolina legislators gathered for the Hunt Institute’s 10th Annual North Carolina Legislators Retreat. This bipartisan group spent two days with national and state education experts to discuss key education topics such as digital learning, STEM education, pay for performance and teacher tenure, teacher preparation, and implications for higher education. Many legislators also chose to attend a pre-session that addressed early childhood education and the shift to college- and career-ready standards.
Read More →By Lisa Mount, Kevin Drinkard, and Alyson Mike
It used to be that only language arts teachers were expected to help students learn to read and write, as well as critically listen and persuasively speak. But Common Core State Standards (CCSS) have thankfully put that antiquated perception on final notice. Of course, all teachers should build their students’ literacy skills, including argumentation – defending a claim about any idea, process, or outcome – which is exactly what CCSS support.
The “What” and the “How” of Common Core
Literacy teacher and author, Jessica Cuthbertson, explains to educators that the Common Core liberates teachers and offers guidance in the EdNews Colorado article, “Voices: ‘And’ vs. ‘or’ in the Common Core.”
Read More →Tucson Business Community Rallies for Improved Skilled Workforce
In the Tucson Sentinel article, “Business Leaders: Common Core Standards Will Improve Workforce,” business leaders assembled before the joint session of the House committees on education and commerce on January 16, 2013, to tell state policymakers that the Common Core Standards will help advance the workforce and advocate for Standards funding.
Read More →Literacy Expert Unearths Common Core Myths
In ASCD’s current issue of Educational Leadership, noted literacy expert Timothy Shanahan unearths what the Common Core State Standards really entail by dismantling five myths about the Standards in the article, “The Common Core Ate My Baby and Other Urban Legends.”
Read More →The Power of Parents in the First State: Delaware PTA and the Common Core
Never underestimate the power of the parent’s voice! While there are models that assist schools with parent and family engagement such as Epstein’s Framework of Parent Involvement, parents can also play a pivotal role in partnering with policymakers and stakeholders in education. This partnership allows parents a voice in decisions that affect their children’s education. Through its work to ensure that parents understand upcoming changes brought about by the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the Delaware PTA (DPTA) has helped to raise the parent voice to create a significant impact across the state.
Read More →Riddile Sets Expectations for Georgia Performance Standards Test Scores
In The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mel Riddile, the associate director for high school services at the National Association of Secondary School Principals, addresses questions of interest for Georgia residents in Maureen Downey’s Get Schooled blog. Riddile acknowledges that there will be a significant drop in the first year of the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) assessments, but that should be expected.
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