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Integrate OUR Curricula into Your Kiddom Digital Platform

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Open Up Resources (OUR) is a series of free c ompetency-based Common Core-aligned curricula (math, ELA, and reading). They received excellent ratings from EdReports , a leader in evaluating textbooks and curricula for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. Reading with Relevance SEL (Grades 2-12).

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An Expanded Definition of Student Success

Digital Promise

Brooklyn Lab’s model includes whole group instruction often occurring in a co-taught classroom, small group instruction, independent work with personalized playlists to develop mastery, and passion-driven enrichment. An orchestra has woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings that are each instrumented to play a specific role.

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“It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky

The Hechinger Report

Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works with Remy Campbell on a smart board in her classroom. But to expect that the Common Core – or any standards – alone will move the needle is overreaching, he said. April 27, 2016 Photo: By Michael Clevenger, the Courier-Journal. Reframing expectations. But we do.”.

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eSpark–Self-paced Learning for Math and Reading

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Each targeted quest curates a collection of third-party apps, webtools, videos, games, and other resources that focus on particular math or reading skills identified by the teacher or from the student’s earlier work as an area of academic need. This can be incorporated into Google Classroom or another LMS that you use.

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Responding To Criticisms Of The Common Core

TeachThought - Learn better.

Responding To Criticisms Of The Common Core. Ed note: Supporting “commonness” or standardization isn’t a part of our mission at TeachThought, but we are interested in giving equal voice to diverse voices across education. by Adam Blum , CEO of OpenEd.

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Blending Art and Algorithms, Desmos Sets Out to Reimagine Math Curriculum

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It’s been our desire for a while to go deeper to engage with students in classrooms,” says Luberoff. Meyer says Desmos’ middle-math core curriculum aligns with state and Common Core academic standards. It’s also not entirely digital. Others encourage students to explore their physical surroundings.

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Why Efforts to Improve Teacher Productivity and Efficiency May Not Pay Off

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Growth of specialist teams dedicated to supporting second-language learners, students with special needs and technology implementation can also be seen as resources put at the disposal of the classroom teachers that help them to do their jobs more effectively. But the success of such improvement efforts have proven elusive.

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