Category Archives: Common Core State Standards

Public Opinion of Education Reports from EducationNext and Gallup

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Stan Freeda

Americans Like Their Schools Just Fine — But Not Yours As a new school year gets underway, the Common Core remains a partisan flashpoint, while Americans overall have serious concerns about the direction of our public education system. That’s according … Continue reading →

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What the Techies Say About E-rate Modernization

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Stan Freeda

Anyone who is familiar with the E-rate program has hopefully stayed on top of the modernization efforts and countless opinions, informational Webinars, and meetings with E-rate consultants concerning the changes. E-rate works in the past, present, and future, and we … Continue reading →

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5 Critical Questions for the Innovative Educator

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Stan Freeda

Technology is a crucial part of what is happening in the classroom, and whenever a new hardware or software comes out, educators are thinking, “How could we use this in the classroom?” Although we should have different ways and options … Continue reading →

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Wanted: Long-Term Thinking about Technology and Education

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Stan Freeda

Educators need to think long-term about the role of technology in learning The rampant spread of technology-mediated learning has set off fits of hype and hand-wringing—yet the U.S.’s traditional centers of higher education have mostly failed to confront the pace … Continue reading →

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Smarter Balanced Field Test Shows Positive Tech Results

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Stan Freeda

A field test of the Smarter Balanced assessment this spring showed good results when it came to state and school district’s technology preparedness. Twenty-one governing states and the Virgin Islands participated in the Smarter Balanced field test that ran from … Continue reading →

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Use the Common Core. Use It Widely. Use It Well.

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Stan Freeda

Many of us in higher education have observed an increasing number of students arriving at our doorstep not fully prepared to pursue a college degree. This is our collective problem as a nation. Our country, and our local communities, can … Continue reading →

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Field-Testing Set to Begin on Common-Core Exams

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Stan Freeda

Next week marks a major milestone in an assessment project of unprecedented scope: the start of field-testing season for new, shared tests of a common set of academic standards. Between March 24 and June 6, more than 4 million students … Continue reading →

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Common Core State Standards Assessments: Are You Ready?

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Stan Freeda

Will districts be tech ready to administer the nation’s new assessments? The Race to the Top Assessment program is ambitious and has the potential to help make far-reaching changes not only in how students are assessed, but also in how … Continue reading →

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6 Routines to Support Mathematical Thinking

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Stan Freeda

Back in July, Teaching Channel released a video series produced with the American Federation of Teachers showing how the Common Core math practice standards progress across the grades. This series is one of my favorites; in each classroom we watch … Continue reading →

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Competency Education: The Solution to Retention

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Stan Freeda

Recently a group of teachers was working on performance tasks and assessments. They were aligning their units of study to competencies based on the Common Core State Standards. An interesting conversation erupted in the group.   It was clear that the … Continue reading →

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