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One Day That Changed Everything

A Principal's Reflections

Getting through the curriculum aligned to Common Core has become the driving force in many schools as pressure is mounting with high stakes testing looming right around the corner. My epiphany came in 2009 when I begrudgingly decided to give Twitter a try to improve communications with my stakeholders. Then it happened.

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Khan Academy: Friend or Foe?

A Principal's Reflections

He officially started Khan Academy in 2009 knowing that quality videos would withstand test of time. The Khan Academy site now contains over 3000 videos mapped to the Common Core and associated assessments that allow learners to practice and reinforce skills acquired through the videos.

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One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well

The Hechinger Report

Between 2009 and 2017, the share of the states students taking calculus did rise modestly, from 1.25 On the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a national test done every two years, Minnesota fell from second place among the 50 states in 2009 on eighth grade math scores to eighth place in 2022 , the latest year of available data.

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Over 40 STEAM Resources… Creative Thinking, STEM, and PBL at FETC 2020

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

In regard to Creativity, check out my last post, which covers facilitating and assessing Creativity in the classroom. The very first time I heard the idea of integrating the Arts into STEM education was while watching a 2009 keynote made by Daniel Pink at the NECC Conference in Washington DC… yes prior to ISTE Conferences!

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PROOF POINTS: Inside the latest reading study that’s getting a lot of buzz

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The nine authors, most of whom hail from the University of Virginia, issued a press release trumpeting it as the first long-term study of a knowledge-rich curriculum and the first to show outsized gains on state assessments. They said the gains were large enough to catapult U.S.

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What do at-risk students, English language learners and adult college students have in common?

The Hechinger Report

All 50 states have standards for their students to meet — most use, at least in part, the Common Core standards. COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS Academic standards in English language arts and math, created by a national task force and based on the best state curriculums and input from experts.

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How one innovative school district has closed gaps on harder Common Core tests

The Hechinger Report

The results from those new Common Core tests – designed explicitly to look for the skills kids need in college, namely critical thinking, problem solving and analytical writing skills – have been held up as proof of the persistence of deep-seated disparities in the education provided to poor students and children of color.