science

New Colorado Science Standards Earn a “D”

D is for Disappointing. This January, the Thomas Fordham Institute reviewed science standards in all 50 state.  The majority of states earned Ds or Fs with only 6 states and jurisdictions receiving A’s. Colorado was rated right there in the

science

New Colorado Science Standards Earn a “D”

D is for Disappointing. This January, the Thomas Fordham Institute reviewed science standards in all 50 state.  The majority of states earned Ds or Fs with only 6 states and jurisdictions receiving A’s. Colorado was rated right there in the

globe

Obama Seeks to Cut NAEP – Change Benchmark to PISA

Is the latest move to cut  NAEP, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a key measure of U.S. student achievement just a little bit of out with the old and in with the new?  I don’t think so. This move is

globe

Obama Seeks to Cut NAEP – Change Benchmark to PISA

Is the latest move to cut  NAEP, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a key measure of U.S. student achievement just a little bit of out with the old and in with the new?  I don’t think so. This move is

book

Because we didn’t buy textbooks

This time we did something different. We entered our social studies curriculum adoption cycle and we made a departure from our past practice.  We decided to spend a year focusing on instructional pedagogy before we started looking at all the

book

Because we didn’t buy textbooks

This time we did something different. We entered our social studies curriculum adoption cycle and we made a departure from our past practice.  We decided to spend a year focusing on instructional pedagogy before we started looking at all the

writing

National Writing Project – Digital Tools for Change Collection

The National Writing Project (NWP) has created a fabulous resource where teaching ideas, reflections, and stories about writing in our digital, globally interconnected world have been collected and beautifully organized. That resource is a called  Digital IS One particular section

writing

National Writing Project – Digital Tools for Change Collection

The National Writing Project (NWP) has created a fabulous resource where teaching ideas, reflections, and stories about writing in our digital, globally interconnected world have been collected and beautifully organized. That resource is a called  Digital IS One particular section

focus

Reflections on Schmoker’s Focus with the Traveling Teacher

Mike Schmoker’s new book Focus came in the mail on a beautiful Saturday morning.  It started off as nice lazy day with no pressing deeds needing to be done, so I started to skim through the pages of the new

focus

Reflections on Schmoker’s Focus with the Traveling Teacher

Mike Schmoker’s new book Focus came in the mail on a beautiful Saturday morning.  It started off as nice lazy day with no pressing deeds needing to be done, so I started to skim through the pages of the new

twisted

Developing a Needs-Based Mindset for Curriculum Funding

Mindset – the ideas and attitudes in which a person approaches a situation, especially when these are seen as being difficult to alter.  The Way We Were… For the last don’t-know-how-many-years, curriculum adoptions in our district have been pretty cut

twisted

Developing a Needs-Based Mindset for Curriculum Funding

Mindset – the ideas and attitudes in which a person approaches a situation, especially when these are seen as being difficult to alter.  The Way We Were… For the last don’t-know-how-many-years, curriculum adoptions in our district have been pretty cut

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Boys, held back for life?

Yesterday I was scanning my NYTimes feed and stopped when I read this title, “Delay Kindergarten at Your Own Peril.” As an educator, a title like that begs to be read. I stopped mid-swipe, clicked and read the provocative opinion

20111009-103848.jpg

Boys, held back for life?

Yesterday I was scanning my NYTimes feed and stopped when I read this title, “Delay Kindergarten at Your Own Peril.” As an educator, a title like that begs to be read. I stopped mid-swipe, clicked and read the provocative opinion