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Tag Archives: David Coleman
SAT Exam Overhaul
In announcing that the SAT would change, College Board President David Coleman noted that the SAT should reflect “worthy challenges” instead of “artificial obstacles.” This would mean that students would be reading more source documents and retrieving evidence. Likewise, there … Continue reading
Posted in College Board
Tagged academic vocabulary, College Board, David Coleman, SAT
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Valuing the ‘Non-Cognitive Dimensions’ of Students
In January, College Board President David Coleman shared a vision for making sure more low-income students are allowed to take part in higher education. The video is linked here and you can hear Coleman outline this effort as part of … Continue reading
Posted in College Board, Social Emotional Learning
Tagged CCSS, College Board, David Coleman, Determination, Grit, Khan, Resilience, Social Emotional Learning
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Bridging CCSS Efforts Between UNR and WCSD
Faculty from the University of Nevada, Reno College of Education and personnel within Washoe County School District’s Office of Academics met to discuss work around the Common Core State Standards. The day started with an overview of the ELA/Literacy instructional … Continue reading
Cultivating Wonder—Great Texts and the Questions they Inspire
Although it has not “officially” launched, readers can visit a new website, http://www.cultivatingwonder.org and learn about a resource being developed to “showcase great texts (essays, poems, excerpts from longer works) and identify simple, elegant questions for each text; questions that propel … Continue reading
Posted in College Board
Tagged analyze, CCSS, central ideas, cultivating wonder, David Coleman, figurative, rigor, structure, text, themes
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2013-2014 Professional Development ‘Sessions’
Washoe’s elementary teachers worked through a number of Common Core sessions as part of the district’s professional development launch. The sessions, all of which can be accessed on Edmodo (group link here) include content to connect to CCSS in the … Continue reading
Posted in Basal Alignment Project, Content Knowledge, Instructional Shifts, Professional Development, Social Emotional Learning, Writing to Sources
Tagged Alberti, CCSS, Common Core, David Coleman, Edmodo, ELLs, ESL, Nevada, Professional Development, Robert Pondiscio, SAP, SEL, Washoe
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Advancing Literacy Practice with the Core 7/22&7/23
Washoe educators worked through the last summer session of the inservice course Advancing Literacy Practice with the Common Core. This is the fourth posting about the course and you can access many of the materials included in the session here. … Continue reading
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Tagged Close Reading, Common Core State Standards, David Coleman, David Pearson, Evidence Guides, Joe Wilhoft, SAP, SBAC
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Sound Instruction Instead of ‘Test Preparation’
New York Times Washington Bureau Chief David Leonhardt led a discussion for the Hamilton Project on “the economic imperative of expanding college opportunities.” At minute 34:08 the panelists are asked how ACT and SAT can mitigate for the advantages affluent … Continue reading
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Tagged ACT, College Board, Common Core State Standards, David Coleman, David Leonhardt, Hamilton Project, Jon Whitmore, SAT
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‘Amidst the Controversy’
During the question and answer portion of a speech given before the Strategic Data Project, College Board President David Coleman is asked, “Where is the Common Core right now amidst the controversy from the Tea Party?” The answer stretches from … Continue reading
Posted in Close Reading, College Board
Tagged Close Reading, College Board, David Coleman, Strategic Data Project, Tea Party
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Advancing Literacy Practice with the Core
Washoe educators moved through a second offering of the inservice course, Advancing Literacy Practice with the Core. The 15-hour class touches on a number of important features of the CCSS that enable practitioners to match classroom practice to the standards, … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSS, Core Knowledge, David Coleman, David Pearson, Sandra Alberti, SAP, text sets
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Martinez’s State of Education Address
This evening, Superintendent Pedro Martinez gave his State of Education Address. During the speech, he played a snippet of video of College Board President David Coleman describing the CCSS and the instructional shifts. You can access the entire video by … Continue reading
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