Category Archives: Common Core

Quotable: Charlotte Danielson’s study on “innovation fatigue”

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Slides: Rutgers CCSS and Research Panel

  This morning, I’m Skyping into a day of conversations between principals, teachers, and librarians as part of a Rutgers conference on the Common Core State Standards. From the workshop description: Join us for a day in which all the … Continue reading

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Common Core State Standards Worksheets {repost}

The other day, a participant in one of the Common Core State Standards presentations I’ve given asked for the link to the activity worksheets. In these sheets, participants receive a packet they can fill in and share with administrators about … Continue reading

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Gumdrop Presentation

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ISTE Handout

“Eye” by Helga Birna Jónasdóttir on Flickr. CC-BY.  Yesterday, I had the great pleasure to present with Tasha Bergson-Michelson and Debbie Abilock at ISTE. Our session, “No More Eye Candy! Inspiring Visual Imagination, Assessing Visual Creativity,” focused on visual literacy and … Continue reading

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On “Supporting” Common Core

So … a weird thing happened. My Talkwalker alert pointed me to an online article that described me, along with Michelle Rhee’s StudentsFirst, as a supporter of the Common Core State Standards. Well, knock me over with a feather. I’m … Continue reading

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Test-driving Common Core Assessments

Education Week is reporting on the network and test administration issues experienced by schools and districts who piloted digital assessments for the Common Core State Standards. Over a million students have engaged in the pilot testing. The good? …many educators say … Continue reading

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Slides: Children’s Literature Council of Southern California

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CCSS Resources from Booklist

Looking for ideas on how to bring rich reads into your CCSS-infused lessons? Check out this page of Booklist/Book Links resources. There are numerous webinars, reading lists, annotated bibliographies, and more — consider sharing with your colleagues, too! But, Sildenafil citrate is … Continue reading

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Midwest Unrest: Indiana “Pauses” CCSS Implementation; MI House Cmte weighs CCSS; Ohio rescinds $10M in funding

“Play” by Annie Roi on Flickr. CC-BY. The Midwest Unrest is here. Three states have recently been fussing about the Common Core State Standards: Indiana, Michigan (my home state), and Illinois. Strangely enough, I had more luck learning about the … Continue reading

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