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Category Archives: Common Core State Standards
Nevada’s 5th Family Engagement in Education Summit
At Nevada’s 5th Family Engagement in Education Summit, teachers, school administrators, parents, elected officials and community members learned more about the Nevada Academic Content Standards (including the Common Core). Participants worked through a study from MetaMetrics, the instructional shifts, and … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Parent University
Tagged Carson County, CCSS, Churchill County, Clark County, Common Core, Douglas County, Elko County, Esmeralda County, Eureka County, Humboldt County, Lander County, Lincoln County, Lyon County, Mineral County, University of Nevada
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Common Core Site Updated
If it has been some time since you visited http://www.corestandards.org, it is worth returning. The website has been revamped and now includes more targeted areas including a specific section for parents. Further, the site is more comprehensive with answers to … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSSO, Common Core State Standards, myths and facts, NGA, parents, resources, website
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Sunday Videos and Reads
Listed below are a few things that might help with your Common Core implementation efforts. (And keep you busy on a Sunday afternoon) The California Department of Education has produced the following seven-minute video that explains how to read the … Continue reading
‘Simplifying the ELA Common Core; Demystifying Curriculum’
In a piece for the Kappa Delta Pi Record, Mike Schmoker and Carol Jago describe how you can break through the myriad ELA/literacy standards and immediately get of the “essence” of CCSS. In short, this involves focusing on “simple ‘instructional … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, curriculum, ELA, Jago, Schmoker, shifts
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Our New Site: www.63000resources.com
A popular request from teachers and admin is to organize all of the literacy resources that are included in Core Task Project, professional development trainings and blog postings. We’ve done this and they can be found at www.63000resources.com. Educators will find … Continue reading
Administrative and Supervisory Meeting, January 24th 2014
At the winter Administrative & Supervisory meeting, governance worked through content matched to the Instructional Practice Guides and the Common Core. This included a focus on writing, within the context of CCSS, and Core Action 2—employ questions and tasks that … Continue reading
PBS News Hour: CCSS
The PBS News Hour posted a measured piece on Common Core and their effectuation. Jeffery Brown interviews Claudio Sanchez of NPR, Amanda Ripley, author of “The Smartest Kids in the World” and Education Correspondent John Merrow. The panelists give greater … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Ripley, CCSS, Claudio Sanchez, Common Core State Standards, John Merrow, PISA, testing
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Resources for the Common Core State Standards
The Wyoming Department of Education has shared “Resources for the Common Core State Standards.” The pdf is divided into three sections for parents, teachers, and leaders. You can visit the site and download the document here.
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project
Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, DOE, leaders, parents, resources, teachers, Wyoming
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The “Bureaucratic Machine”
In a Ted Talk, Sugata Mitra who started the Hole-in-the-Wall project, reveals the impetus for the modern school—which began three hundred years ago. He describes how the British Empire needed a way to keep track of an enormous expanse of … Continue reading
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Tagged British, CCSS, Common Core, Europe, India, Sugata Mitra, Ted Talk
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Instructional Practice Guide & Accountable Talk Crosswalk
Bonnie Krupa, the Instructional Coach at Sparks Middle School, has created a crosswalk between the Core Actions within the Instructional Practice Guides (IPGs) and Accountable Talk Moves. The document assists in describing the explicit link between what the Common Core … Continue reading
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