What Is The Common Core

Author : Nicholas Tampio
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421424644

Get Book

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 : Jim Burke
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452276588

Get Book

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 : Great Minds
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118812464

Get Book

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

Get Book

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 : Lucy Calkins,Mary Ehrenworth,Christopher Lehman
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 0325043558

Get Book

Pathways to the Common Core by Lucy Calkins,Mary Ehrenworth,Christopher Lehman Pdf

Lucy Calkins and her colleagues at the Reading and Writing Project have helped thousands of educators design their own pathways to the Common Core. Now, with Pathways to the Common Core, they are ready to help you find your way. Designed for teachers, school leaders, and professional learning communities looking to navigate the gap between their current literacy practices and the ideals of the Common Core, Pathways to the Common Core will help you: understand what the standards say, suggest, and what they don't say; recognize the guiding principles that underpin the reading and writing standards; identify how the Common Core's infrastructure supports a spiraling K-12 literacy curriculum; and scrutinize the context in which the CCSS were written and are being unrolled. In addition to offering an analytical study of the standards, this guide will also help you and your colleagues implement the standards in ways that lift the level of teaching and learning throughout your school.--

Author : Gretchen Owocki
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 0325042934

Get Book

The Common Core Lesson Book, K-5 by Gretchen Owocki Pdf

The quality of instruction is the most important factor in helping students meet the Common Core Standards. That's why Owocki's "Common Core Lesson Book" empowers teachers with a comprehensive framework for implementation that enhances existing curriculum and extends it to meet Common Core goals.

Author : Barron's Educational Series
Publisher : Barrons Educational Services
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 1438006799

Get Book

Common Core Success Grade 6 English Language Arts by Barron's Educational Series Pdf

The recent implementation of Common Core Standards across the nation has offered new challenges to teachers, parents, and students. The Common Core Success series gives educators, parents, and children a clear-cut way to meet—and exceed—those grade-level goals. Unlike other dry, text-heavy guides on the market, our workbooks offer fun, four-color illustrations and artwork that pull children in and make learning fun. Our Grade 6 English Language Arts (ELA) workbook is specifically designed to mirror the way teachers actually teach in the classroom. It includes: “Digging Deeper” activities that engage students and make them want to learn more about different topics Units divided into thematic lessons and designed for self-guided study “Stop and Think” sections throughout, consisting of “Review,” “Understand,” and “Discover” Students will find a wealth of practical information—presented in a colorful, engaging way—that will help them master the Common Core.

Author : William E. Lewis,Sharon Walpole,Michael C. McKenna
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781462513130

Get Book

Cracking the Common Core by William E. Lewis,Sharon Walpole,Michael C. McKenna Pdf

This book guides teachers in grades 6-12 to strategically combine a variety of texts--including literature, informational texts, and digital sources--to meet their content-area goals and the demands of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). It presents clear-cut ways to analyze text complexity, design challenging text sets, and help students get the most out of what they read. Provided are practical instructional ideas for building background knowledge, promoting engagement, incorporating discussion and text-based writing, and teaching research skills. Appendices offer sample unit plans for English language arts, history/social studies, and science classrooms. More than 20 reproducible coaching templates and other tools can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

Author : Lesley Mandel Morrow,Timothy Shanahan,Karen K. Wixson
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781462507603

Get Book

Teaching with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, PreK-2 by Lesley Mandel Morrow,Timothy Shanahan,Karen K. Wixson Pdf

"The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are the first academic standards to be independently adopted by almost every state in the country. The purpose and intent of the Common Core standards for English Language Arts (ELA), as well as Literacy in History/Social Studies and Science Education, are the focus of this book. Each of the chapters addresses one of the major English Language Arts domains: literature, informational texts, foundational skills, writing, speaking and listening, language, technology, and assessment. The objective of the chapters is twofold: to provide a theoretical background and detailed explanation of each of the CCSS/ELA standards, as well as practical suggestions, classroom vignettes, models, instructional resources, and unit ideas to implement the standards"--

Author : Sharon Taberski,Jim Burke
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483386225

Get Book

The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades K-2 by Sharon Taberski,Jim Burke Pdf

It’s the teaching around the standards that counts! What makes Sharon Taberski’s Common Core Companion “that version of the standards you wish you had?” It’s the way Sharon translates each and every standard for reading, writing, speaking and listening, language, and foundational skills into the day-to-day “what you do.” It’s all here: The standards for literature and informational texts put side by side for easier planning More than a dozen teaching ideas for each standard Recommendations on how to cultivate critical habits of mind A glossary of academic language for each standard An online bank of graphic organizers, reproducibles, charts, and more

Author : Robert J. Marzano,David C, Yanoski
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780985890216

Get Book

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 : Diane Ravitch
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780345806352

Get Book

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 : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN : UIUC:30112048632266

Get Book

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

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

Get Book

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 : Violet H. Harada,Sharon Coatney
Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781610695442

Get Book

Inquiry and the Common Core: Librarians and Teachers Designing Teaching for Learning by Violet H. Harada,Sharon Coatney Pdf

Practicing librarians and library educators demonstrate the power of inquiry to achieve the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and promote school librarians as key partners in implementing this type of critical teaching and learning in K–12 schools. • Features a foreword by Allison Zmuda, former public high school teacher, renowned education consultant, president of Competent Classroom, member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), and author of numerous publications about learning, including Breaking Free from Myths about Teaching and Learning • Defines and elaborates on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) as they relate to inquiry learning • Describes the role of the school librarian in implementing the CCSS and inquiry learning in the school • Introduces examples of inquiry-focused learning approaches, including guided inquiry design and project-based learning • Provides lesson plans that will spark more practical ideas for inquiry-based instruction that address the CCSS