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How will the Common Core State Standards influence your professional work?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Karen V. Packard Oct 31.
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Jennifer,
The Common Core Standards cannot possibly include all the things you value. Those things cannot be assessed with a standardized test. I believe the writers of those standards are rooted in the behavioral psychology of learning which limi...
Ethan,
As a retired teacher and teacher educator, I want to commend you for your thoughtful responses to the Common Core Standards. In the '70's I taught in an extremely effective "open school" that focused on the learners and their interests. Tea...
Hi All...great discussion and thoughts.
I worry about our organizations becoming a part of this....
Next step.... on the assembly line, as Bob and others have stated, is the TEST.
I think part of this strange new game we are in is to get folks ...
Leif, I'm not sure if you are a member of NCTE or it's Conference on English Education, but in the latest issue of English Education Bob Yagelski (in an article entitled A Thousand Writers Writing: Seeking Change through the Radical Practice of Wr...
After reviewing the Common Core State Standards Initiative, I found myself scrolling up and down and asking myself, “Is that it?” Notice that I said I was scrolling; I did not flip the page over and back because I was reviewing the standards on my...
One of the things that strikes me immediately about these standards is that they are not representative of their message. There is a theme of 21st Century Literacy about the rhetoric these days, yet many don't seem to even know what this is. Not o...
One thing that must be remembered, most notably for the public school K-12 teacher, is that ELA standards are more often than not implemented by those who do NOT know the field and/or current best practice. The administrator who is in charge may o...
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- still standing
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- 23 years
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- At 7:05pm on July 9, 2009,
Alisha White said… - Hi Kent, it was very nice to meet you at CEE last month. I really enjoyed talking with you. Hope to see you at NCTE.
- At 2:20pm on April 29, 2009,
Andrew Pass said…
- Hi Kent,
It looks like you are very active on this site and in NCTE, so I thought that I would drop you a line introducing myself. I am a curriculum developer and technology enthusiast who lives in Michigan. I just joined this network, so I figured that I'd reach out.
Andy Pass
- At 4:04pm on November 23, 2008,
Derek Owens said…
- Kent, thanks for the fascinating presentation today at the editorial board meeting. I'll follow up with an email later. Best, Derek
- At 12:08pm on September 28, 2008,
Jan Spohn said… - Kent, I was looking for the video you shared at the Milwaukee Leadership conference, and while I found the general site, am mucking about to local the specific one. By chance could you link it? It was better than free
BTW - this is a great clip with Clay Shirky
Web 2.0, Gilligan, and One Percent of Your Time
I recently ran across this video http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=5885
from the April 2008 O'Reiley Web 2.0 conference. I think this talk captures the revolution in collaborative communication better than I could. I strongly urge you to take 10 minutes and watch it.
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- At 7:41pm on September 26, 2008,
Jan Spohn said…
- thanks, Kent and NCTE headquarters folks, for your dedication and putting these 21st Century things into our thoughts and at our fingertips!
- At 8:13pm on September 2, 2008,
Dale Allender said… - Kent,
when you get a chance please say hello to Daniel A. Guerrero. Dan is a new member and will attend convention for the first time this year. Dan is one of my former students from the UC Berkeley Urban Ed course. He is also working with me to promote Pathways in his school and among teachers in the Bay Area.
Dale
- At 4:12am on August 30, 2008,
Dale Allender said…
- At 4:36pm on August 29, 2008,
Lauren Markham said… - Thanks, Kent. I look forward to learning more about NCTE! Take care!
- At 3:31pm on August 29, 2008,
Shelbie Witte said… - Looks like you are coming to Florida for the PDI in October!! Yeah!!! Let me know what I can do to promote Pathways, assist, etc.
- At 10:55am on August 29, 2008,
Dale Allender said…
- Kent,
when you get a chance can you send a hello to Lauren Markham and Mukta Sambrani--new English teachers, new members of NCTE and new to this Ning. They are both my students?
Dale
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