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

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

It has also impacted the role that teachers play in the mind of educational policy makers and reformers—for good and ill. Investments in teacher training programs when new state standards or social-emotional learning programs are rolled out are recent examples where statewide decisions shape local choices.

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Making the case for common K-12 standards

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2017

In this ever-dynamic landscape, “common” standards for education seemingly get a bad rap, but they’re useful, particularly for the development and distribution of open education resources (OER). When OER curation was in its infancy, there were few common standards in place for vetting and cataloging this content.

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Closing gap for immigrant students under Common Core in Kentucky is a moving target

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2016

Strong language skills are key as part of the state’s Common Core standards. Those standards, designed to get students college and career ready, place an emphasis in part on deeper learning and communicating complex ideas – something that poses a challenge for many students whose primary language isn’t English.

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Curriculum Associates Sponsors the Council of the Great City Schools’ Inaugural Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice

eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2021

Former US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan presented the Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice to Casserly during a virtual award ceremony at the CGCS’s Legislative/Policy Conference. In June 2021, Casserly will step aside from this role and become a strategic advisor to CGCS through 2024.

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Trouble With the Curve: Estimating the Size and Growth Rates of K-12 Markets

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

First, many educational markets are shaped by public policy. For example, specific policies regarding academic standards, testing requirements, and charter school authorization caps can give rise to specific types of products. The surge of teacher evaluation policies across the country has spurred a.

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National test scores reveal a decade of educational stagnation

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

Policy changes may play a role too. states adopted new, more demanding academic standards in the 2010s, and there have been widespread reports about the difficulties in changing instruction in the classroom. More than 40 states embraced the “Common Core” while additional states adopted similar standards.).

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At School Grounded in Soul Music, Priorities Shift for Common Core

MindShift

MAY 25, 2015

Read more about Common Core. Arts advocates argue that music, drama and art classes are critical for a well-rounded education (and Brown says music should be considered an academic course). You see a broad consensus, a policy consensus, on the [important] role of the arts in schools,” Jones said.

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Understanding ESSA: How the Every Student Succeeds Act will Change U.S. Educational Policy

eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

have expressed frustration with No Child Left Behind, an educational policy that has been derided by educators as placing too much emphasis on standardized testing and failing to address racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps. educational policy: College and Career Readiness. For over ten years, districts across the U.S.

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Teachers' Essential Guide to Seesaw

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Seesaw Skills view allows users to keep track of student proficiency on any given skill or academic standard. Teachers can also tag student work with Common Core or TEKS standards, for example, and create a color-coded three- to six-star assessment system. How can teachers use Google Docs with Seesaw?

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What’s The One Thing They’ll Remember From Their Time With You?

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Without that reason, education becomes a self-justifying expression of policies and procedures. Knowledge is the most modern of currencies that itself can be exchanged endlessly without diminishing itself. A concept? Some abstract lesson? A notable project? Or simply how you made them feel?

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Professional development should make teachers feel urgent, not small and isolated

eSchool News

MAY 31, 2016

The need for more practical and effective professional learning opportunities for teachers is especially important right now, with new academic standards being introduced and adapted in schools across the country. People outside the profession often want to see a greater sense of urgency about our work. But we’re not there yet.

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Clinton looks to move Democrats away from ‘Education Wars’

The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2016

In most policy areas the Democratic Party and the Clinton campaign want to be seen as the inheritor of the popular sitting president’s legacy, but perhaps no area has divided the party more than K-12 education. The Obama administration embraced much of the testing and accountability policies of the George W.

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Where Are Quality Instructional Materials for English Language Learners?

MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Research has shown that a majority of the educators who teach English-language learners (ELLs) are creating their own instructional materials — often with little oversight — that don’t necessarily match the student’s grade level or the rigor required by state academic standards.

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

Making the case for common K-12 standards

Trending Sources

Closing gap for immigrant students under Common Core in Kentucky is a moving target

Curriculum Associates Sponsors the Council of the Great City Schools’ Inaugural Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice

Trouble With the Curve: Estimating the Size and Growth Rates of K-12 Markets

National test scores reveal a decade of educational stagnation

At School Grounded in Soul Music, Priorities Shift for Common Core

Understanding ESSA: How the Every Student Succeeds Act will Change U.S. Educational Policy

Teachers' Essential Guide to Seesaw

What’s The One Thing They’ll Remember From Their Time With You?

Professional development should make teachers feel urgent, not small and isolated

Clinton looks to move Democrats away from ‘Education Wars’

Where Are Quality Instructional Materials for English Language Learners?

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