Government Shutdown Beats Ravitch, Common Core as Hottest Topics

Education Week - Alyson Klein "We're coming into the home [...]

December 26th, 2013|Categories: Common Core Standards, Education, Government, Reform, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Expecting More: Rigor and Excellence in Our Classrooms

The Huffington Post - Isiah Thomas "In the NBA, and [...]

December 25th, 2013|Categories: Achievement Gap, Common Core Standards, Education, Poverty, Reform, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Common Core — Closing the Math Achievement Gap

EGP News - Peter Schurman "U.S. students’ poor showing in [...]

December 24th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Common Core tests: Will Georgia’s go-it-alone version be PARCC like or PARCC lite?

The Atlanta Journal Constitution - Maureen Downey "Georgia announced in [...]

December 24th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, Georgia, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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States Grapple With Common Test-Score Cutoffs

Education Week - Catherine Gewertz "It's one thing for all [...]

December 22nd, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, College-prep, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Looking ahead: Top 5 education stories for 2014

Thomas B. Fordham Institute - Chad Aldis "As 2013 draws [...]

December 20th, 2013|Categories: Common Core Standards, Gifted, Ohio, Privacy, Student data, Teacher Evaluations|Tags: Education, School|

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Protecting student privacy in the data age

USA Today - Adrienne Lu "But that promise comes with [...]

December 17th, 2013|Categories: Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, News, Privacy, School, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Common Core and the Food Pyramid

Education Next - Frederick Hess "But the Common Core will [...]

December 17th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Survey: Principals Prioritize Common Core, But Report Lack of Readiness

Education Week - Lesli A. Maxwell "America's school principals overwhelmingly [...]

December 16th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Principal, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Five myths about the Common Core

The Washington Post - Valerie Strauss "The Common Core State [...]

December 14th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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