This reporter claims that although Bill Gates said "improving education" is the only reason he believes in Common Core, Microsoft does have business interests in the standards.
"Teachers are told to sprinkle your 'differentiation fairy dust,' " said one principal. "With 32 students in a class and no aides, it's not possible." Is blended learning the answer?
The site is the only resource completely focused on Common Core, and it has raised $2 million to ensure that teachers continue to get their resources for free.
Does digital assessment more accurately evaluate student knowlege? Tech tools can be difficult, especially for those with special needs, or for schools that have no experience with tools such as the math "equation editor."
A heartwarming letter went viral after telling students "The people who drew up the tests...'do not know each of you... the way your teachers do...and certainly not the way your families do.' "
Plaintiffs had called HB 3399 an “unprecedented expansion of the power of the legislative branch and interference with the executive branch,” but the court disagreed.
"Schools of all types are being forced to reevaluate what it means to be relevant. We need a re-imagined educational experience that directly connects learners to success."
"Writing is an essential tool for learning," said a Fight for Your Write spokesperson. "The practice of writing helps with learning letters and shapes, and can improve idea composition, expression and fine motor-skill development."
All the government needs to do to improve education is reduce America's poverty rate. If we equalize results based on poverty rates, the U.S. is already the world leader in education.
"When I asked the rep at the Uno pizza booth why ingredients weren't included on his nutrition information sheet, he told me the list wouldn't fit on the page."
Is the city’s school choice system creating better schools, or simply sorting certain students out and leaving the weakest learners in struggling schools?
A five-question survey boosted detection and treatment for eating disorders. School-based screening programs are therefore a bargain in terms of time and money.