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Has some great ideas of how to incorporate information texts into the classroom.

quoted information from the page: "While English classes will still include healthy amounts of fiction, the standards say that students should be reading more nonfiction texts as they get older, to prepare them for the kinds of material they will read in college and careers. In the fourth grade, students should be reading about the same amount from "literary" and "informational" texts, according to the standards; in the eighth grade, 45 percent should be literary and 55 percent informational, and by 12th grade, the split should be 30/70."

Wow! Do I ever applaud the emphasis on reading for information. Why, kids could use reading trick to educate themselves for a lifetime, and in other disciplines - just imagine!

Changes are on the horizon for Pennsylvania's graduating class of 2015, as the Department of Education is implementing new graduation requirements, assessment tests and grade-level standards. Current standards include course completion and grades, completion of a culminating project and results of local assessments aligned with the academic standards.

Good news article that give a good overview of the common core standards and how they will be implemented in a few local school districts.

This will be our main source for awhile.