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How our district is making math relevant

eSchool News

To meet current math standards like the Louisiana Student Standards for Mathematics or the Common Core State Standards, it is no longer enough for students to simply memorize how to do something. In fall 2017, we formed teacher committees and solicited feedback.

OER 111
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Most English lessons on Teachers Pay Teachers and other sites are ‘mediocre’ or ‘not worth using,’ study finds

The Hechinger Report

One of the most popular English lessons in the instructional marketplace Teachers Pay Teachers is a unit on how to teach William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” and claims to explain how to teach the tragedy of the star-crossed lovers in a fun-filled way while hitting almost 50 Common Core standards in five weeks.

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How to sort the good from the bad in OER

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: Teachers often spend many hours at night or on weekends searching the internet for good instructional materials – or just good ideas about how to meld online learning into their classrooms. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning.

OER 99
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ASSESSMENT AND RUBRICS

Kathy Schrock

This list includes support materials for assessments that work with the Common Core State Standards and rubrics for many different assessment products. five-part tutorial on rubric creation and implementation Developing and using instructional rubrics.a common-sense introduction to rubrics Quality rubrics wiki.an

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ASSESSMENT AND RUBRICS

Kathy Schrock

This list includes support materials for assessments that work with the Common Core State Standards and rubrics for many different assessment products. five-part tutorial on rubric creation and implementation Developing and using instructional rubrics.a common-sense introduction to rubrics Quality rubrics wiki.an

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

pic.twitter.com/gOvmSOjcSf — Shelly (@ShellySometimes) February 14, 2017. Here’s a trend to watch in 2017 : companies and organizations who “help” schools buy ed-tech : The Hechinger Report looks at a couple of these , LEAP Innovations and LearnLaunch. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

To the entrepreneur who wrote the Techcrunch op-ed in August that ed-tech is “ 2017's big, untapped and safe investor opportunity.” In part, their struggles are a result of controversies surrounding the Common Core State Standards, which were supposed to streamline and procurement the development of curriculum and assessment.