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OPINION: Why we need a joint and urgent effort to teach data science and literacy in the U.S.

The Hechinger Report

Data is now everywhere in our lives, informing our decisions about which new show to watch, what path to take or whether to grab an umbrella. Our approach to teaching data science and data literacy has hardly evolved since I started my teaching career in 1995. Look at the data. How do we know?

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Who or What Hates Common Core?

Edsurge

A team of researchers from the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education has been digging deeply into social media data to examine the roots of the public dialogue around Common Core.

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Common Core Reading Resource: Smithsonian Tween Tribune

Catlin Tucker

Interested in more technology tips to help you teach the Common Core? My book Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology will be published in June 2015 by Corwin. Once teachers create an account and set up their classes, they can assign articles and collect student data.

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Do we need a ‘Common Core’ for data science education? 

The Hechinger Report

I’ve been reporting on data science education for two years now, and it’s become clear to me that what’s missing is a national framework for teaching data skills and literacy, similar to the Common Core standards for math or the Next Generation Science Standards. Sign up today to get it delivered straight to your inbox.

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Critical Literacy Across the Curriculum

A Principal's Reflections

You will hear from a science teacher, a social studies teacher, and an art teacher as each provides her take on how the Common Core and 21st Century learning goals affect what goes on in the classroom. Common Core Standards Addressed: WHST.9-10.6; Common Core Standards Addressed: RH.9-10.3;

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15 Real-World Lessons You Can Teach Kids NOW

The CoolCatTeacher

Designed for grades 7-10, it is also linked with Math and ELA Common Core standards. Idea #10 Data Science Foundations. Big data” and data sciences are in high demand in today’s labor market. This data science curriculum will help students learn about what data science is and how it can be used in their lives.

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The Limits of Curriculum Choice

Digital Promise

But in the first multi-state effort to measure textbook efficacy since the implementation of the Common Core, researchers at the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University saw no difference in the average fourth- and fifth-grade math achievement gains of schools using different elementary math textbooks.