Get to know the different types of schools The schools available to you are varied. If you're trying to decide what type of school fits you best, read through the following, and then take a look at some other characteristics you may want to consider in selecting a school. Public schools Schools which use public funds as a major source of support 4-year public schools Offer bachelor’s degree programs May offer master’s, doctoral, and professional degrees 2-year public schools Offer associate’s degree programs May offer certificate programs or contract training Most are community colleges Independent/private schools Mainly supported by private funds 4-year private schools Offer bachelor’s degree programs May offer master’s, doctoral, and professional degrees 2-year private schools Offer associate’s degree programs May offer certificate programs or contract training Most are junior colleges Professional and technical schools Theological schools Proprietary/private career schools
Implementation | Common Core State Standards | Topic Specific Sources | Web links | MC3 Register | Lost Password Skip to Content Follow us on Facebook ResourcesAbout MC3 Web links > Topic Specific Sources > Common Core State Standards > Implementation Common Core Implementation ExemplarsDate Added: July 24, 2013 Visits: 55 [ Report ] This Achieve document features state practices and models used with implementing the Common Core State Standards. Common Core Implementation WorkbookDate Added: February 6, 2013 Visits: 56 [ Report ] This link to the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers' (PARCC's) website provides an implementation workbook developed by Achieve and U.S. Common Core State Standards: Progress and Challenges in School Districts' ImplementationDate Added: June 10, 2013 Visits: 15 [ Report ] This link is to a Center on Education Policy report exploring the issues associated with implementing the Common Core State Standards. Common Core VideoDate Added: January 8, 2014 Visits: 98 [ Report ] Back to Top
Practicing Effective Instruction: The ECRI Approach The Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction Approach — Dr. Ethna R. Reid The Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI) instructs teachers in the effective and efficient use of classroom time. The Center is built upon the belief that most, if not all, students can learn to read and write successfully if they are properly taught. The purpose of this three-part article will be threefold. Guiding Principles ECRI provides instruction for teachers to teach reading, oral language, spelling, comprehension, study skills, literature, creative writing, and other activities in a highly structured, systematic pattern that ensures mastery. Quality Instructional Time Early in its research efforts, ECRI found that the amount of instructional time provided in reading was highly correlated with student achievement. Teachers’ Use of Positive Reinforcement Eliciting Overt, Accurate, and Rapid Responses Teachers seemed unable to obtain observable responses from some of their students. Skills Instruction
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50 Important Links for Common Core Educators Educators across the nation are working hard this summer to begin developing updated curricula that will fit into the new Common Core State Standards, which will be fully applied in 45 U.S. states (Texas, Alaska, Nebraska, Virginia, and Minnesota have opted out of statewide participation) by 2015. Yet despite the hubbub about the new standards, which were created as a means of better equipping students with the knowledge they need to be competitive in the modern world, many teachers still have a lot of unanswered questions about what Common Core will mean for them, their students, and their schools. Luckily, the Internet abounds with helpful resources that can explain the intricacies of Common Core, offer resources for curriculum development, and even let teachers keep up with the latest news on the subject. Groups and Organizations Useful Resources Curriculum Development Blogs State Tools Some states have created helpful websites for teachers all about Common Core.
How do you plan? On templates and instructional planning | Granted, but... How teachers plan – I think this is one of the more interesting ‘black boxes’ in education. There are few studies of it, yet it is clearly one of the most vital elements of the enterprise. Winging it is sometimes fun, but it’s a bad way to run a family, a business, or a classroom. Marzano reports that a “guaranteed and viable curriculum” is the key factor in academic achievement in schools, regardless of how flexible plans have to be. How do you plan? Typical plans focus too much on fragmented day-to-day lessons and activities on discrete topics instead of deriving coherent plans ‘backward’ from long-term performance, leading to excessive ‘coverage’; many plans focus far too much on what the teacher and students will be doing instead of mapping out a plan for causing specific results; a surprising number of plans do not make student engagement a central design consideration; many plans have no Plan B ready when Plan A doesn’t work. Happy Planning! Draft Templates Nov 2012.v2 See On
I, Cringely . The Pulpit . War of the Worlds There is a technology war coming. Actually it is already here but most of us haven't yet notice. It is a war not about technology but because of technology, a war over how we as a culture embrace technology. It is a war that threatens venerable institutions and, to a certain extent, threatens what many people think of as their very way of life. It is a war that will ultimately and inevitably change us all, no going back. This is a war over how we as a culture and a society respond to Moore's Law. The real power of Moore's Law lies in what the lady at the bank called "the miracle of compound interest," which has allowed personal computers to increase in performance a millionfold over the past 30 years. The key word here is "empowerment." Let's be clear about what we're measuring here. I came to this conclusion recently while attending Brainstorm 2008, a delightful conference for computer people in K-12 schools throughout Wisconsin. I started writing educational software in 1978.
Common Standards Ignite Debate Over Prereading Published Online: April 24, 2012 Published in Print: April 25, 2012, as Common Standards Ignite Debate Over Student 'Prereading' Exercises Sparked by the Common Core State Standards, teachers and literacy experts are arguing about the role of a time-honored pillar of English/language arts instruction: classroom activities designed to help students understand what they are about to read. The attacks on—and defenses of—"prereading" are unfolding largely in cyberspace, through online forums, blogs, and email exchanges. What's triggering them is educators' reactions to the new standards and two key explanatory resources created by their architects: a set of "publishers' criteria" and videotaped sample lessons. That trio has created an impression in some quarters that the intent of the standards is to "ban"—in the words of one blogger—prereading and instead ask students to approach texts "cold," with no upfront assistance. Interpreting the Standards Publishers' Criteria Mr. The K-2 criteria Mr.
Embedded Reading Reinvent Learning Howard Rheingold’s roundtable on Reinventing Learning kept returning to a theme that’s a variation of writer William Gibson’s line that: The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed. Howard and all of the innovators in the discussion seemed to agree that the cornucopia of new digital learning tools based on the Internet has never been better and that pioneers in this space are enjoying unprecedented learning experiences. However, the learning experiences of the vast majority of people within most educational institutions remain largely unchanged and are barely taking advantage of the new possibilities. So the bulk of the session focused on how to move more of the best practices of this new peer-to-peer learning into the more mainstream educational institutions, and how we might accelerate a broader systemic change to new kinds of flattened learning institutions that… expand There is a great body of work around an alternative learner-centric, peer-to-peer pedagogy. collapse
Parents' Guide to the CCSS Currently, each state has a separate set of education standards, lists of skills that students are expected to do by the time they graduate each grade. However, in response to concerns about American student achievement and just how prepared students are for college and careers, education leaders in 48 states, along with the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), have written a set of standards for student across the U.S. The common core state standards were released in 2010. Now, 44 states are working to implement them by 2013-2014. Here’s what you should know and how to help your child prepare for the common core: The Common Core Standards are State-Driven The common core state standards are a set of learning skills that all American students should achieve, not a federal curriculum. The Standards are a Progression In general, standards set a progression of skills that students learn as they move through school. Focus on Informational Text