Weekend News: Open Invitation
We must act quickly to learn all we can! The CCSS Machine has made some recent and BOLD moves, thanks to the ESSA.
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Monday Musings: CCSS Field Trips?
Who doesn’t love a great field trip with the class or group? How far as CCSS gone to line up these educational excursions? Let’s see if we can find out! Road Trip Ahead!: I don’t know how much you may or may not know about field trips. I know plenty. It used to be my […]
Continue ReadingSic’ ‘Em Saturday: “Springboarding” into the CCSS/AP Pool
Have you heard of “Springboard”? According to the ‘College Board’s’ website, the product line is a foundation. The description also goes on to tell you how great it, how it’s been proven, and so on. (http://professionals.collegeboard.com/k-12/prepare/springboard) What’s interesting is that to find out about Springboard, you have to go the site’s ‘K-12 Services’. Oh, gee, […]
Continue ReadingFib-o-Meter Friday: State Superintendents & Common Core Standards
Chances are your state has an education superintendent. Maybe they are called ‘commissioner’ instead. Regardless of the title, there is one person in charge of an entire state’s education decisions, regulations, etc. However, that one person rarely works alone. Usually an entire team is under his/her authority. Some states have very forthright leaders, and are […]
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