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Maureen Greenbaum

The crucial need to hold students to a higher standard - The Week - 6 views

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  • Even some high school valedictorians are taking remedial courses in college. Too many students are completely unprepared for the future.
  • Last year, the unemployment rate for Americans without a high school diploma was 14.1 percent. For those with a Bachelor's degree, it was 4.9 percent.
  • Common Core State Standards, orient instruction around critical thinking and problem solving, requiring students to demonstrate a deep understanding of concepts and then apply them to new situations.
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  • they are internationally-benchmarked and based on evidence and research about what it takes to be prepared for first-year college courses and entry level jobs leading to careers.
  • A student, for example, would no longer be required to simply memorize the formula for volume. Instead, they would need to use their conceptual understanding of volume to build different containers with the same volume. This approach differs from current standards and teaching practices, which too often place an emphasis on rote memorization over deeper understanding. 
  • Second, the standards are clear, focused, and rigorous
  • standards allow for economies of scale and the ability to share and compare across state lines.
  • Teachers in states that have adopted the Common Core can share effective practices and materials and collaborate more easily
Steven Szalaj

Why taking choir kept me from being a Valedictorian: Austin Channell at TEDxColumbus - ... - 44 views

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  • Steven Szalaj on 31 Oct 13
     
    This is about more than just taking choir in high school - it is a fundamental problem in our educational system examined here by a high school senior. Only 12 minutes long.  When my sons were in HS (they graduated in the mid 1990's), I remember their discussions of just exactly this problem. He offers some solutions, but no quick fixes.
Steve Ransom

Why taking choir kept me from being a Valedictorian: Austin Channell at TEDxColumbus - ... - 36 views

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  • Steve Ransom on 01 Nov 13
     
    My own kids already feeling these pressures. It robs them of experience, well-rounded education, following their passions, and robs the Arts programs.
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