Have you heard of the AACTE? American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Their main goal? Prepping the next generation of teachers to lead in the classrooms. So, how aligned with Common Core programs are they? Let’s see if we can find out in today’s “From the Files” article. AACTE:Continue Reading
New America Ed Central: Website: http://www.edcentral.org/ Who’s behind the organization: “The New America Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States.” Who backs or contributes to the New America Foundation? “The program’sContinue Reading
Did you know that’s there has been a movement in recent years to have our states create legislation to ensure Common Core via Career Tech Education?! Yes, I found the evidence on the website for “Career Tech Education Policy Watch”. (see: http://ctepolicywatch.typepad.com/ ) What you need to know: From the 2013Continue Reading
Common Core aligned projects, initiatives, and assessments appear to be a dime a dozen these days. So when a new one pops up, many don’t really notice. For example, did you know the U.S. Dept of Education AND the U.S. Dept of Defense are partners in data mining your studentsContinue Reading
I only recently heard of “CREATE” and if I’d not really been paying attention, I would of just glossed over it. However, knowing the Common Core Machine has so many overreaching parts, it’s worth a look. CREATE: The acronym for “Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness”. TheirContinue Reading
It’s “From the Files” Tuesday!! Time for me to share something from the stash of CCSS downloads I’ve been able to collect. Today’s feature: “ST and SEL”. Huh?! What’s “ST”? What’s “SEL”? “ST stands for ‘systems thinking’. “SEL”, is short for social and emotional learning’. ST and SEL _ Soled Partnership Continue Reading
I’ve been asked to provide more proof about Common Core and/or national standards not from the ‘early years’ of 2008-2010. It appears folks are having a harder time finding documents from 2011 to present. So, it is in that mindset, I am sharing the following “U.S. Department of Education, ForContinue Reading
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