College and Career-Ready Standards for School Leaders

North Carolina is moving away from the traditional high school math pathway to require that students complete integrated courses in the discipline.

Just one in five Oklahoma schools had sufficient bandwidth and devices to administer online common-core exams, a state survey found.

TWIN FALLS • With a new school year just months away, English teacher Jeff Roper is reworking all his lesson plans.

Educators find creative ways to use technology to improve learning outcomes and assessments.

How can parents take part in their children’s education as the standards roll out? Teachers from College Summit, an organization that partners with 180 high schools across the country to help students toward college and career success, offer practical advice for parents. Here are five tips parents might use to address their state’s implementation of the CCSS:

In K-12 education, we are in the equivalent of a Great Depression. Nearly two-thirds of our high school seniors aren’t prepared to pass freshman English and math in college. In lots of districts, the college readiness rate is in the single digits. The kids who aren’t getting out of high school with college-level skills face grim prospects as to earning power, teen pregnancy and even lifespan. 

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In a recent survey, 83 percent of ed-tech leaders said preparing for Common Core assessments is among their top three priorities—and 62 percent fear they won’t have enough IT infrastructure to support online testing.

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This library of resources has been created and compiled in order to help English Language Arts educators in North Carolina to transition their instruction to the demands of the newly adopted English Language Arts Common Core State Standards [ELA CCSS]. It is not meant to replace a thorough reading of the standards, but rather to assist in thinking more deeply about different facets of instruction impacted by the ELA CCSS.

1. 85 percent of the state's districts were not technologically ready to administer tests online
2. developing its own tests will mean Oklahoma students will spend half as much time on testing as they would with PARCC tests

University of Georgia professor Peter Smagorinsky is a frequent contributor to the Get Schooled blog.

Under the No Child Left Behind law, states saw low test scores and the lowering of score standards. Advocates for the more rigorous Common Core standards say it will be harder for states to hide their failing schools.

English Language Learners (ELLs), have a challenging, sometimes daunting task ahead of them. They must learn and master rigorous academic content, while also acquiring the English language.

Middle School and High School Kid-Friendly Printable Common Core Standards. Great for parents too!

A new survey reveals that creative teaching and innovative learning are stifled by an over-reliance on testing and assessment, forcing teachers to stay inside a restrictive curriculum that will limit students’ ability to excel in the future...