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Meet the New Common Core - The New York Times - 19 views

  • Standardized tests certainly aren’t going anywhere. States that have dumped exams aligned with the Common Core aren’t dumping high-stakes testing; they’re just switching to new tests, like the ACT’s Aspire. (Other ACT offerings include the Explore, the Engage and the Compass. Apparently standardized tests are titled by the same people who name midsize sedans.)
  • The Common Core is the way math was taught before. True, the new South Carolina standards are 92 percent aligned with the Common Core. But the Common Core was 97 percent aligned with the math standards South Carolina was using before! The term “number sentence,” which the comedian Stephen Colbert mocked, is 50 years old, and the kind of problem it describes appears in textbooks from the 1920s.
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    "Standardized tests certainly aren't going anywhere. States that have dumped exams aligned with the Common Core aren't dumping high-stakes testing; they're just switching to new tests, like the ACT's Aspire. (Other ACT offerings include the Explore, the Engage and the Compass. Apparently standardized tests are titled by the same people who name midsize sedans.)"
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Teacher staffing and pay differences: public and private schools : Monthly Labor Review... - 27 views

  • A study using Current Population Survey data shows that, from 1996 to 2012, elementary, middle, and high school teachers earned less than other college graduates, but the gap was smaller for public school teachers and smaller still if they had union representation; moreover, the mitigating effects are stronger for female than male teachers, so the within-gender pay gaps are much larger for male teachers.
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Mapping the Concentration of Poverty in U.S. Public Schools - CityLab - 60 views

  • 1) Poor kids are six times more likely to attend ‘high-poverty’ public schools
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    "Who attends America's "high-poverty" public schools-and where."
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http://www.theworksheets.com/view.php?url=www.socialskillscentral.com/free/101_Ways_Tea... - 17 views

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    Excellent set of lessons/activities for developing social skills.
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https://bayesrule.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/probability_cheatsheet_140718.pdf - 36 views

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    Probability Cheatsheet - contains notes (including formulas) for probability types. Excellent resource for probability.
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The University of Arizona - Institute for Mathematics & Education - 35 views

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    "Progressions Documents", the documents which outline specific mathematical learning progressions upon which the Common Core State Standards were based. If you're in a state that teaches these you should definitely find some time to read through them. If you are a teacher elsewhere, it can't hurt to understand these progressions.
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Touchspin - |          | - 42 views

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    Nice set of virtual manipulatives - useful for teaching pre-algebra concepts and more.
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kanakku - 38 views

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    Pretty cool online calculator. Students might be motivated to explore numbers by playing around with this calculator/spreadsheet.
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Teach Less, Learn More - Have We Achieved It? | Media Coverage | Newsroom | National In... - 32 views

  • The problem is compounded by parents who expect their kids to do well in school and would resort to any help they can get, including tuition or enrichment classes for their children.
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    Singapore's self-assessment
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Why is Singapore's school system so successful, and is it a model for the West? - 27 views

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    Fairly detailed overview of Singapore's education system, comparing it to those in other OECD nations.
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http://www.hks.harvard.edu/pepg/PDF/Papers/PEPG14-01_NotJust.pdf - 14 views

  • educational challenge in America is not just about poor kids in poor neighborhoods,” he said. “It’s about many kids in many neighborhoods. The [test] results underscore that educational shortcomings in the United States are not just the problems of other people’s children.
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    Comprehensive study illustrating U.S. performance in math.
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iPad Math App | Math Application for iPad | Math Learning Center - 97 views

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    Great set of links to virtual manipulatives for enhancing math understanding
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http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/sites/default/files/documents/McTighe_Wiggins_CCSS.pdf - 24 views

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    Nice article defining standards and curriculum and mapping the connections between them. Gives five "big ideas" for converting from the CCSS to a curriculum effectively.
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How a Small Change Can Boost Your Motivation and Performance - 51 views

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    Good blog entry on importance of goal setting (performance vs. mastery) and effect on motivation.
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http://www.sas.com/govedu/edu/teacher_eval.pdf - 31 views

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    Excellent research paper drawing conclusion that the most important variable in student outcomes is teacher effectiveness, suggesting that the best way to improve schools is to improve the teachers in the schools.
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SAS® Writing Navigator - 56 views

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    This page is amazing - what a great free tool to help students to write research papers
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