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"One key competency that employers across the board value in employees is the ability to think creatively and logically in order to solve problems." The American Diplomacy Project" This website provides the 3'C's which promote creativity with

Questions that probe for deeper meaning and set the stage for further questioning foster the development of critical thinking skills and higher order capabilities such as; problem solving, and the understanding of complex systems. A good essential question is the principle component of designing inquiry-based learning - the typical 'Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How?' of a course of study.

"CCSS Mathematics Progressions Documents   Draft K-6 Progression on Geometry Draft K-5 Progression on Measurement and Data (measurement part) Draft K-5 progression on Measurement and Data (data part) Draft K-5 Progression on Number and Operations in Base Ten Draft K-5 Progression on Counting and Cardinality and Operations and Algebraic Thinking Draft 3-5 Progression on Number and Operations-Fractions Draft 6-8 Progression on Statistics and Probability Draft 6-8 Progression on Expressions and Equations Draft 6-8 Progression on The Number System; High School, Number Draft 6-7 Progression on Ratios and Proportional Relationships Draft High School Progression on Statistics and Probability Draft High School Progression on Algebra"

Here are some of the ways where school and learning can become divergent. School promotes starting by looking for answers.  Learning promotes starting with questions. School is about consuming.  Learning is about creating. School is about finding information on something prescribed for you.  Learning is about exploring your passions and interests. Schools teaches compliance.  Learning is about challenging perceived norms. School is scheduled at certain times.  Learning can happen any time, all of the time. School often isolates.  Learning is often social. School is standardized.  Learning is personal. School teaches us to obtain information from certain people.  Learning promotes that everyone is a teacher, and everyone is a learner. School is about giving you information.  Learning is about making your own connections. School is sequential.  Learning is random and non-linear. School promotes surface-level thinking. Learning is about deep exploration.

WISE INquiry model....Curriculum developed to serve as a guid for teachers stepping into inquiry or collaborative research models for the 21st Century

Depth and complexity handouts from Orange County Gate office

Lots of writing ideas for Common Core Writing across domains. Includes detail model of the subtle difference between persuasive and argumentative writing.