Tag: common
Cutting to the Common Core: Disrupting Discourse
Kate Kinsella recommends launching an Academic Language Campaign to prepare diverse learners for the Common Core State Standards
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS, 2010)...
Cutting to the Common Core: Fostering Academic Interaction
Kate Kinsella offers an action plan to encourage second language learners to participate in constructive classroom discussion
A primary goal of English language development and...
Cutting to the Common Core with Lori Helman
Lori Helman shares her thoughts on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the teaching of English Language Learners (ELLs)
Language Magazine: How will implementation...
Translating the Common Core
Although the Modern Language Association reported a 6.9% decrease in college foreign language class enrollment in 2013, dual language elementary programs are on the...
The Changing Conflict of the Common Core
A recent paper on the importance of policy implementation as it relates to educational standards by Ashley Jochim and Lesley Lavery explores the creation and implementation...
Protesting the Common Core
Some states, such as Utah and California, very clearly allow students to opt out of annual testing for any reason, according to a research...
Cutting to the Common Core: Sticking to the Script
Timothy Shanahan reassesses the role of handwriting in literacy development
My father, who had no more than an eighth-grade education, wrote in a beautiful Palmer...
Common Core Rattling Educators, ELL Teachers Unprepared
Survey says most educators feel unprepared for CCSS, especially ELL teachers.
As students return to school from the Summer break and districts scramble to prepare...
Cutting to the Common Core: My Students Can’t Read So How...
Hillary Wolfe recommends building strategic scaffolds to assist adolescent writing
One of the biggest instructional shifts resulting from the Common Core State Standards is the...
Oklahoma Legislature Votes to Repeal Common Core Standards
Lawmakers in Oklahoma have voted to repeal Common Core Standards for English and Mathematics, despite their introduction in over 40 other states.
The house voted...
