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Monthly Archives: October 2012
New College Board Keynote Address
David Coleman gave his first public address as the new College Board President on October 26th (video link here). In the speech he outlines the “work worth doing” and the importance of focusing on “what matters most.” If you are … Continue reading
Common Core Champions Now Linked to Blog
Washoe County recently identified 15 Common Core Champions. These are classroom teachers who are implementing the CCSS with an emphasis on what has to shift instructionally. You can contact them directly, through the frame at the top of this page … Continue reading
CTP Shared at San Francisco Bay Area CCSS Summit
Contra Costa County Office of Education hosted the San Francisco Bay Area Common Core State Standards Summit. The conference, titled, “Next steps to the Common Core: Approaches to Implementation,” focused on critical topics related to the CCSS. You can click here … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged Bill Honig, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project, CTP, Hung-Hsi Wu, Kathy Glass
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Urban Collaborative Learns about the CTP
Washoe County was afforded the opportunity to share the Core Task Project with the Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative in Pittsburg. The Collaborative’s fall 2012 conference focused on meeting the needs of diverse learners and “the challenges of the Common … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Core Task Project, CTP, Exemplar, Lazarus, students with disabilities, Urban Collaborative
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District Personnel Train on Shift 1
Instructional coaches from throughout the district gathered to review the importance of building a coherent body of knowledge. Attendees watched the following review of the MetaMetrics study measuring what children read from high school to college to career (here). This … Continue reading
Engaging Students with Complex Text
Torrey Palmer shared Core Shift Blast number 5 today and you can download it here. The focus this week is on engaging students with complex text. Practitioners, who have been using “Text Talk Time” in their classroom, may find the … Continue reading
Free is Good
Recently EdWeek reported on large-scale efforts to create and organize Open Educational Resources aligned to the Common Core (here). For example, the Utah State Office of Education has created textbooks from OERs for English language arts, math, and science. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Achieve, EdWeek, MyOER, OER, OER Commons, Open Education Resources, TIE
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Text Complexity: 7 Actions to Take Right Now
Through the following webinar (here), Dr. Freddy Hiebert, researcher and member of the Common Core State Standards advisory committee, outlines seven actions educators can take to engage children with complex text. She draws the listeners’ attention to the consciousness of … Continue reading
Bishop Manogue HS Trains on the CTP
Staff from Bishop Manogue gathered today to review the Close Reading Strategy via video and a Close Reading Exemplar. Below are the resources shared with this audience. CTP Manogue PowerPoint Coleman Describing the Close Reading Strategy Notetaker Grades 9-10 Exemplar … Continue reading
Core Task Project 