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The writing curriculum for K-12 students is changing in Massachusetts and elsewhere, but it isn't at all clear that these changes will move more students towards a meaningful high school diploma. What kind of writing should kids do at different educational levels? We know that writing is related
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There has been a long, slow decline in the reading level of American high school graduates. Our kids are not reading much at the secondary level, and what they do read may not develop college-level reading and vocabulary skills. Perhaps Bay State English teachers should consider research evidence as well
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To bypass statutes forbidding the federal government to develop national standards, two private organizations—the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)—in coordination with Achieve, Inc., a private organization established by the NGA and business officials in 1996, agreed to develop Common Core&
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The Bay State's Secretary of Education and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education are planning to review the Bay State's teacher licensing regulations and tests. About time! Lots of changes need to be made, based on what we know from good research. The 2008
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Review of "Seven Myths about Education," by Daisy Christodoulou (London: The Curriculum Centre, 2013; 978-0-9575919-0-5; available from Amazon in Hardcover, $147.25; Paperback, $23.24; and Kindle edition, $14.55). In her first book, Daisy Christodoulou argues that much of what teachers are taught about education is wrong
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Earlier this month, a deliberately anonymous teacher set forth some of the problems she saw in the Common Core-based test she had to give her students. This teacher argued — and provided anecdotal evidence to show — that the Common Core-based test: (1) is developmentally inappropriate; and (2) does not actually assess
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Last week, the NewBostonPost reported that the Michigan state Senate is considering dropping the national Common Core standards and replacing them and other standards with the education standards used here in Massachusetts up until 2010. And with good reason.
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The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) recently sent this item out: The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a group of states that brought teachers, administrators and experts together to develop tests to measure how well students understand and are