Common Core Curriculum

Author : Great Minds
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118812464

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Common Core Curriculum: English, Grades 9-12 by Great Minds Pdf

Common Core's English resources empower educators to meet the expectations of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA) and build essential content knowledge for students in grades 9-12. Each grade in The Wheatley Portfolio features a comprehensive, coherent sequence of thematic units that engage students in deep study of worthwhile texts and topics. Features of this book include: Six thematic units for each grade, each centered on a curated collection of literary and informational texts Focus standards for each unit that complement the topic and promote student mastery of essential literacy skills Suggested texts and activities to incorporate science, art, and history into English instruction This revised second edition includes a sample text study that guides students through a close read of an exemplary text, updated web resources, and refreshed suggested works. Educators who create their curriculum based on Common Core's Wheatley Portfolioguarantee that students are exposed to content-rich instruction and have ample opportunity to master the reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language skills articulated in the CCSS for ELA.

Author : Robert J. Marzano,David C, Yanoski
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780985890216

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Using Common Core Standards to Enhance Classroom Instruction & Assessment by Robert J. Marzano,David C, Yanoski Pdf

Discover how to weave an in-depth understanding of the Common Core into successful classroom practice with this two-part resource. You’ll learn how to power the standards with guided assessment and measure student progress in a way that accurately reflects learning. Included are hundreds of ready-to-use, research-based proficiency scales for both English language arts and mathematics.

Author : Nicholas Tampio
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421424644

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Common Core by Nicholas Tampio Pdf

How the Common Core standardizes our kids’ education—and how it threatens our democracy. The Common Core State Standards Initiative is one of the most controversial pieces of education policy to emerge in decades. Detailing what and when K–12 students should be taught, it has led to expensive reforms and displaced other valuable ways to educate children. In this nuanced and provocative book, Nicholas Tampio argues that, though national standards can raise the education bar for some students, the democratic costs outweigh the benefits. To make his case, Tampio describes the history, philosophy, content, and controversy surrounding the Common Core standards for English language arts and math. He also explains and critiques the Next Generation Science Standards, the Advanced Placement US History curriculum framework, and the National Sexuality Education Standards. Though each set of standards has admirable elements, Tampio asserts that democracies should disperse education authority rather than entrust one political or pedagogical faction to decide the country’s entire philosophy of education. Ultimately, this lively and accessible book presents a compelling case that the greater threat to democratic education comes from centralized government control rather than from local education authorities.

Author : Peter Wood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0985208694

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Drilling Through the Core by Peter Wood Pdf

For the first time in history Americans face the prospect of a unified set of national standards for K-12 education. While this goal sounds reasonable, and Common Core has been presented as a state-led effort, it is anything but. This book analyzes Common Core from the standpoint of its deleterious effects on curriculum--language arts, mathematics, history, and more--as well as its questionable legality, its roots in the aggressive spending of a few wealthy donors, its often-underestimated costs, and the untold damage it will wreak on American higher education. At a time when more and more people are questioning the wisdom of federally-mandated one-size-fits-all solutions, Drilling through the Core offers well-considered arguments for stopping Common Core in its tracks.

Author : Jim Burke
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452276588

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The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades 9-12 by Jim Burke Pdf

If you're a high school teacher, no need to despair. Jim Burke has created a Common Core Companion for you, too, as your one-stop guide across subjects.

Author : Joe Crawford
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452268873

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Aligning Your Curriculum to the Common Core State Standards by Joe Crawford Pdf

Avoid “analysis paralysis” and just get started! The Milken Award-winning educator and author of Using Power Standards to Build an Aligned Curriculum shows how to implement the new Common Core State Standards. This book outlines his proven process for building a guaranteed and viable local curriculum based on the CCSS, and includes: A system for creating local standards from the CCSS Methods for connecting the common, formative assessments to quarterly instructional objectives Ways to scaffold learning expectations Readers will find helpful charts and graphs plus access to Internet-based software for mapping the CCSS to classroom instruction.

Author : Susan M. Drake
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452276373

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Creating Standards-Based Integrated Curriculum by Susan M. Drake Pdf

Translate the new standards into meaningful curriculum! This updated edition of Susan Drake’s classic text serves as a road map through the Common Core State Standards, giving you the flexibility to design an integrated curriculum that’s right for your students. Focusing on multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary approaches, Drake provides guidance on: Unpacking the Common Core State Standards Planning assessment tasks Designing instructional strategies Developing daily activities Helping students connect essential questions to enduring understandings Included are new examples of exemplary programs, discussion questions, a sample completed interdisciplinary curriculum, and activities for building your own standards-based integrated curriculum.

Author : Continental Press Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-08
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0845467603

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Finish Line Mathematics by Continental Press Staff Pdf

Author : John Kendall
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416613947

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Understanding Common Core State Standards by John Kendall Pdf

This book focuses on the new national Common Core standards and what educators need to know in order to strengthen learning and teaching methods within the classroom. Chapters focus on the national standards, including understanding, the benefits for students, concerns, and preparation for the 2014-2015 school year when students will assessed on the standards for the first time.

Author : Robert J. Manley,Richard J. Hawkins
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452284439

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Making the Common Core Standards Work by Robert J. Manley,Richard J. Hawkins Pdf

Essential reading for school leaders! With the Common Core State Standards adopted by the vast majority of U.S. states, educators face the challenge of translating the standards into successful, positive change within schools. Written for school leaders, this practical guide offers a blueprint for implementing and exceeding the new standards using very targeted professional development. Readers will find realistic strategies supported by examples from a diverse range of schools. Topics include Empowering teachers and staff as partners in planning for and implementing the new standards Adapting existing curriculum to meet goals for mathematics and language arts at each grade level Designing assessments that measure mastery of the standards Ensuring that the standards benefit learning for all students, including multicultural learners Lead your school or district in fulfilling the promise of the Common Core State Standards and preparing students for a competitive global economy. "This book looks at the implementation of CCSS within the context of all of the components that face public schools, and, in doing so, puts the CCSS in a proper perspective. This is a book that could actually help make a difference in the improvement of instruction in the public schools." —Martin J. Hudacs, Superintendent Solanco School District, Quarryville, PA "Making the Common Core Standards Work provides a detailed approach to systems thinking and how to manage a real-life paradigm shift." —William Richard Hall, Jr., Principal R. C. Longan Elementary School, Henrico, VA

Author : Tom Loveless
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1682535908

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Between the State and the Schoolhouse by Tom Loveless Pdf

Between the State and the Schoolhouse examines the Common Core State Standards from the initiative's promising beginnings to its disappointing outcomes. Situating the standards in the long history of state and federal efforts to shape education, the book describes a series of critical lessons that highlight the political and structural challenges of large-scale, top-down reforms. Education policy expert Tom Loveless argues that there are too many layers between the state and the classroom for a national standards approach to be effective. Specifically, he emphasizes the significant gap between states' roles in designing education policy and teachers' roles as implementers of policy. In addition, he asserts that top-down policies are unpredictable, subject to political and ideological pressures, and vulnerable to the pendulum effect as new reforms emerge in response to previous ones. One of the most ambitious education reforms of the past century, the Common Core aimed to raise student success, prepare larger numbers of students for both college and careers, and close achievement gaps. Yet, as Loveless documents, a decade later there remains a lack of significant positive impact on student learning. Between the State and the Schoolhouse marks an important contribution to the debate over the standards movement and the role of federal and state governments in education reform.

Author : Diane Ravitch
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780345806352

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Reign of Error by Diane Ravitch Pdf

From one of the foremost authorities on education in the United States, former U.S. assistant secretary of education, an incisive, comprehensive look at today’s American school system that argues against those who claim it is broken and beyond repair; an impassioned but reasoned call to stop the privatization movement that is draining students and funding from our public schools. In a chapter-by-chapter breakdown she puts forth a plan for what can be done to preserve and improve our public schools. She makes clear what is right about U.S. education, how policy makers are failing to address the root causes of educational failure, and how we can fix it.

Author : Thomas J. Gibbs,Aimee Howley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN : UIUC:30112048632266

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"World-class standards" and local pedagogies by Thomas J. Gibbs,Aimee Howley Pdf

Author : John Kendall,Kathleen M. Budge
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416613954

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Understanding Common Core State Standards by John Kendall,Kathleen M. Budge Pdf

In June 2010, the Common Core State Standards Initiative released Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects and Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. The goal of these shared national standards? To identify for all stakeholders the knowledge and skills that students must acquire to succeed in college, careers, and the global economy. Now that the Common Core standards are coming to 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, it is essential to understand their content and implications. Understanding Common Core State Standards tells you everything you need to know about the standards, including * The goals and criteria of the standards and why they are a promising alternative to the old standards-based education model; * The organization and key aspects of the two overarching sets of standards; * The benefits of implementing the standards, including intentional instruction, a greater pool of resources, increased collegiality and professionalism, customized learning and multiple pathways, and a more consistent, equitable learning experience; * What schools can do to transition to the new standards; and * How the common state assessment systems are being developed to provide interactive, enhanced test items; produce specific, timely test results; and provide an indication of students' readiness for college or career. This book is an invitation to think about the possibilities that the Common Core standards offer for strengthening teaching and learning across the United States--and what you can do to make the most of this opportunity for change.

Author : Great Minds
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 773 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118812655

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Common Core Curriculum: English, Grades K-5 by Great Minds Pdf

Common Core's English resources empower educators to meet the expectations of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA) and build essential content knowledge for students in grades K-5. Each grade in The Wheatley Portfolio features a comprehensive, coherent sequence of thematic units that engage students in deep study of worthwhile texts and topics. Features of this book include: Six thematic units for each grade, each centered on a curated collection of literary and informational texts Focus standards for each unit that complement the topic and promote student mastery of essential literacy skills Suggested texts and activities to incorporate science, art, and history into English instruction This revised second edition includes a sample text study that guides students through a close read of an exemplary text, updated web resources, and refreshed suggested works. Educators who create their curriculum based on Common Core's Wheatley Portfolioguarantee that students are exposed to content-rich instruction and have ample opportunity to master the reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language skills articulated in the CCSS for ELA.