I believe that we have a unique opportunity at this moment when districts all over the country are looking at new curriculum and assessments. We can either see this as an opportunity to innovate and improve learning…or we can just
Common Core: The good, the bad, and the ugly
This weekend I was a part of a panel presentation at NSBA called “New Opportunities Presented by the Common Core: Deeper Learning, Open Educational Resources, and Increases in Long-Term Student Success.” Common Core and Deeper Learning Among the main points
Zero-based curriculum planning
I have been excited about the potential of the Common Core standards. Fewer standards, deeper coverage, more higher order thinking skills and process orientation, better assessment — it all sounds like an improvement. Yet, as I’ve seen the beginning of
The potential of Common Core
There is a lot of discussion about the new Common Core standards right now. States are cross-walking their current standards to the Common Core and adding their 15%. Districts are frantically trying to figure out how they’ll implement the new