“Going deep” to meet math standards
“Going deep” to meet math standards
April 3, 2014
Categories:
Math
With Common Core, like any other complex initiative, we have to first take in the larger, straight-forward ideas before ever considering some of the nuances. Now that most states are years into work with the initiative, some more nuanced discussions [...]
Amid the CCSS “shifts,” let’s not lose sight of independent reading practice
Amid the CCSS “shifts,” let’s not lose sight of independent reading practice
March 27, 2014
Categories:
Assessment,
Reading
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Accelerated Reader
Earlier this month, our Chief Academic Officer Gene Kerns wrote about text complexity and the Common Core State Standards. His comments remind us that even with all the attention on the “shifts” demanded by new standards, we [...]
New approaches in supporting struggling readers
New approaches in supporting struggling readers
March 13, 2014
Categories:
Reading
In his work, Understanding Common Core State Standards, John Kendall cautions that under Common Core “it’s likely that [we] will have something new to learn and something to unlearn” (Kendall, 2011, page 43). This idea applies in the area of [...]
Catch kids before they fall
Catch kids before they fall
February 27, 2014
Categories:
Reading
I believe that education is the only way to social justice. That belief led me to an undergraduate degree in elementary education and a master’s in curriculum and instruction, with a reading specialist emphasis. Since those days at the University [...]
