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in title, tags, annotations or urlIN OUR SCHOOLS: Common Core a 'monumental shift' | Cincinnati.com | cincinnati.com - 0 views
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We’re all going to be literacy teachers,” said Patricia Fong, a chief academic administrator for Lakota schools. “We’ll all be teaching students how to read, write, and how to listen and speak within (our) content areas.”
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The clear, alarming picture that emerges … is that while the reading demands of college, workforce training programs and citizenship have held steady or risen over the past 50 years or so, K–12 texts have, if anything, become less demanding,” the Common Core document states.
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“These aren’t more rigorous tests; they’re more honest tests,”
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Educational Leadership:Reading to Learn:Can't Get Kids to Read? Make It Social - 0 views
The Answer Sheet - E.D. Hirsch Jr.: Common Core Standards could revolutionize reading instruction - 0 views
Dr Seuss on the Loose! on Vimeo - 0 views
Iowa Reading Research Center - 0 views
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What Does It Mean to Be a "Change Leader" in Education? - 0 views
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First, successful change leaders clearly articulate the need for change to a variety of audiences in ways that are intellectually coherent and emotionally compelling. The ability to do this requires that change leaders immerse themselves into radically different worlds
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nderstand deeply is the world for which they are preparing their students
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what skills, what habits of mind, and what dispositions
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Montgomery County's 'Seven Keys to College Readiness' will get a makeover - The Washington Post - 0 views
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Montgomery Superintendent Joshua P. Starr seeks to broaden the system’s definition of student success to include skills not measured in standardized tests — such as persistence, motivation and grit — in addition to traditional academic knowledge focused on reading and math.
Iowa universities adjust to burst of interest in online learning | The Des Moines Register | DesMoinesRegister.com - 0 views
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“I work almost full time while getting my master’s degree,” he said. “As an undergraduate, it allowed me a better balance between school, my work and my social life.”
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online courses are a cost-effective way for universities to meet increased demand while coping with steep reductions in state funding in recent years, administrators say.
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The number of online courses offered at Iowa’s three public universities has grown by nearly 25 percent from 2005-06 to 2010-11, data from the Iowa state Board of Regents show.
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