common core
Ed Policy
Strong States & Common Standards
When talk turns to innovation, we usually think of a wizbang app, but advances in public policy can have an even bigger impact particularly on disadvantaged neighborhoods. The two most important policy advances in the last twenty years are Common Core State Standards and stronger state roles in education policy.
Ed Policy
New Common Core Math Missions Launch on Khan Academy
Today, Khan announced they decided to take the harder of the two roads and are proud to announce their comprehensive set of new student missions directly linked to the Common Core Kindergarten thru High School Math Standards.
Leadership
Managed Instruction or Digital Learning?
It's easy to say that managed instruction is old school and digital learning is the future, but this debate is worth unpacking.
Personalized Learning
Mooresville Adopts Gateway Projects in 4 Grades
The Mooresville Graded School District recently adopted requirements for four large scale multimedia projects in 3rd, 6th, 8th and 12th grade. Beginning next year, students would add products from these projects to their digital portfolio.
Ed Policy
Almost Half The States Improved Digital Learning Policies in 2013
The nation’s digital learning health is improving. A new report card out today shows that 473 bills were introduced last year and 132 were enacted resulting in 22 states improving their grade on the 2013 Digital Learning Report Cards. The report card weighs state policies against the 10…
Ed Policy
Collaborative Approach to Literacy
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) supports better reading and writing across the curriculum by helping teachers to build engaging Common Core-aligned units.
Personalized Learning
How Adaptive Technology is Revolutionizing English Learners
By: Rob Waldron. The future of adaptive technology is bright. Teachers will have more tools that meet their ELs where they are and offer the same rigor of the Common Core—built to support the same college and career readiness standards all children need.
Personalized Learning
Teaching with Comics: Resources for Teachers
Over the past few weeks I’ve been exploring teaching with comics—for reading, history and social studies, art, and science. Now for a roundup of resources to help you bring comics to the classroom!
Personalized Learning
Success: If We Can’t Define It, How Can We Expect It?
What would most help all students (in -- fill in your district) to be successful? How many times have you heard this question? My response is -- how do you measure success? What is success? And, how do we know we have achieved it?
Personalized Learning
8 Principles of Productive Gamification
Well constructed and applied, learning games and game-based strategies hold the potential to boost motivation, extent persistence, build automaticity, and deepen learning.