Two Common Core Supporters With Comments for the Critics Two relatively recent commentaries/blogs from EdWeek inspire this column. Substituting for Rick Hess in the EdWeek blogosphere, on Feb. 20, 2014 Morgan Polikoff from USC wrote “To Save the Common Core, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Common Core: A Corporate Grab Bag
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“The Problem with the Common Core” I’m a Common Core State Standards supporter, and I’m often disappointed at the quality of the opposition to the Core Standards. In an earlier post, I suggested that much of the CCSS opposition is … Continue reading
“Close Reading” in the Common Core
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“Close Reading” is the new version of the Reading Wars All of us are concerned about the concept of “close reading” which has generated so much controversy in the Common Core. Because I generally support the Common Core Standards, and … Continue reading
Top NAEP Cities Have Lowest Poverty
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Top NAEP Cities have lowest poverty I just can’t get off the topic of poverty and school performance. In the Hechinger Report, Jill Barshay has looked at the recent NAEP scores of 21 urban cities who participated in the NAEP … Continue reading