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schools</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(93, 182, 51); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #303030; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; padding-top: 4px; position: relative;"&gt;Fine Print: Senate Bill 2261&lt;div class="subhead" id="yui-tmp-0" style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"&gt;Proposed legislation would meld New Jersey’s nearly 600 school districts into 21 county-administered ones. &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/10/0923/2253/"&gt;More here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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Performance Pay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Even though research has shown its ineffectiveness.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-8497768011962661701?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/09/24/05mct_tif.h30.html?tkn=YVVFqO4v9H2GO0uQNeR2s2DGXNFo%2FzdcOR4d&amp;intc=bs&amp;sms_ss=blogger' title='62 TIF Winners Share $442M for Performance Pay'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/8497768011962661701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/09/62-tif-winners-share-442m-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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mathematics. The first three courses in the series provide a common core of broadly useful mathematics, while the fourth continues the preparation of students for college mathematics and statistics courses. The curriculum emphasizes mathematical modeling, using technology to emphasize reasoning with multiple representations (verbal, numerical, graphical, and symbolic) and to focus on goals in which mathematical thinking and problem solving are central. Instructional materials promote active learning and teaching centered around collaborative small-group investigations of problem situations, followed by teacher-led whole-class summarizing activities that lead to analysis, abstraction, and further application of underlying mathematical ideas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3 style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;Research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;One study of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;Core-Plus Mathematics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;that falls within the scope of the High School Mathematics review protocol meets What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evidence standards with reservations. The one study included 1,050 high school students in 11 schools in multiple states.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;Based on the one study, the WWC considers the extent of evidence for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;Core-Plus Mathematics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;on high school students to be small for math achievement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3 style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;Effectiveness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;Core-Plus Mathematics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;was found to have potentially positive effects on mathematics achievement for high school students.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-427595469988749983?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' 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grades in a large urban school district in Texas. 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class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-8019494582550500?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/24/02rtt.h30.html?tkn=XYWFO%2Fpxr869TgLHTL4GTzvYYMZvsn9BWJCw&amp;intc=bs&amp;sms_ss=blogger' title='Race to Top Winners Rejoice, Losers Parse Scores'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/8019494582550500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/08/race-to-top-winners-rejoice-losers.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1623554141285883069/posts/default/8019494582550500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1623554141285883069/posts/default/8019494582550500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/08/race-to-top-winners-rejoice-losers.html' title='Race to Top Winners Rejoice, Losers Parse Scores'/><author><name>DrM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00583687508228919590</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VRWkPG2FuWc/ScPQFzwd0iI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jRkj6qvraRY/S220/Library+-+003_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623554141285883069.post-7011169475967546870</id><published>2010-08-24T12:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-24T12:27:00.012-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Updated: Race to Top Round 2: Announcing the Winners</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2010/08/announcements_coming_on_race_t.html?sms_ss=blogger"&gt;Updated: Race to Top Round 2: Announcing the Winners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and NJ is a ... loser.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-7011169475967546870?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2010/08/announcements_coming_on_race_t.html?sms_ss=blogger' title='Updated: Race to Top Round 2: Announcing the Winners'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/7011169475967546870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/08/updated-race-to-top-round-2-announcing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1623554141285883069/posts/default/7011169475967546870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/25/01kohn_ep.h30.html?tkn=ZSVFil2%2B%2BBPem1y5kvcuzmdwyj3o%2FDmlfnzU&amp;amp;intc=bs&amp;amp;sms_ss=blogger"&gt;Turning Children Into Data&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-6518054263150139768?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/25/01kohn_ep.h30.html?tkn=ZSVFil2%2B%2BBPem1y5kvcuzmdwyj3o%2FDmlfnzU&amp;intc=bs&amp;sms_ss=blogger' title='Turning Children Into Data'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/6518054263150139768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/08/turning-children-into-data.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/18/01wraga.h30.html?tkn=NQRFRAVXPIzVC%2FaonuzlvGh3r3Ql53Yx%2BRaw&amp;amp;intc=bs&amp;amp;sms_ss=blogger"&gt;Dangerous Blind Spots in the Common-Core Standards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-6366620530467360810?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/18/01wraga.h30.html?tkn=NQRFRAVXPIzVC%2FaonuzlvGh3r3Ql53Yx%2BRaw&amp;intc=bs&amp;sms_ss=blogger' title='Dangerous Blind Spots in the Common-Core Standards'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/6366620530467360810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/08/dangerous-blind-spots-in-common-core.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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Entry in Common-Standards Curriculum Work</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2010/08/a_new_entry_in_common_standard.html"&gt;A New Entry in Common-Standards Curriculum Work&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-2615285823957785562?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2010/08/a_new_entry_in_common_standard.html' title='A New Entry in Common-Standards Curriculum Work'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/2615285823957785562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-entry-in-common-standards.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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type='html'>I have put together a page with links to the common core and articles about it.&lt;br /&gt;Much to read pro and con.&lt;br /&gt;Read it &lt;a href="https://sites.google.com/site/emilou2010/common-core"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-6802561163255680390?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='https://sites.google.com/site/emilou2010/common-core' title='Update on Common Core'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/6802561163255680390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/08/update-on-common-core.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1623554141285883069/posts/default/6802561163255680390'/><link rel='self' 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href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/18/01data.h30.html?tkn=SOOFBh6fAd2Jh3Cb5QcB92EeqCdQNGyPKYQg&amp;amp;intc=bs&amp;amp;sms_ss=blogger"&gt;Former Govs. Prod States on Digital Education&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-2942765082047732896?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/18/01data.h30.html?tkn=SOOFBh6fAd2Jh3Cb5QcB92EeqCdQNGyPKYQg&amp;intc=bs&amp;sms_ss=blogger' title='Former Govs. Prod States on Digital Education'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/2942765082047732896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/08/former-govs-prod-states-on-digital.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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Work</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/11/37thomas.h29.html?tkn=WZOFlF5mtWRvbL7jcv%2Fxri%2FMqMjZs9DofwIG&amp;amp;intc=bs&amp;amp;sms_ss=blogger"&gt;Education Week: Why Common Standards Won't Work&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-7686611141949759979?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/11/37thomas.h29.html?tkn=WZOFlF5mtWRvbL7jcv%2Fxri%2FMqMjZs9DofwIG&amp;intc=bs&amp;sms_ss=blogger' title='Education Week: Why Common Standards Won&apos;t Work'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/7686611141949759979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/08/education-week-why-common-standards.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link 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type='text'>Education Week: More Than Two-Thirds of States Adopt Core Standards</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/06/37standards.h29.html?tkn=SRPF7kco68msO%2FIghpDGK22KY6BRKvI37caC&amp;amp;intc=bs&amp;amp;sms_ss=blogger"&gt;Education Week: More Than Two-Thirds of States Adopt Core Standards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-1798332331715306972?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/06/37standards.h29.html?tkn=SRPF7kco68msO%2FIghpDGK22KY6BRKvI37caC&amp;intc=bs&amp;sms_ss=blogger' title='Education Week: More Than Two-Thirds of States Adopt Core Standards'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/1798332331715306972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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Assessment: Only Three Consortia Apply</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2010/06/race_to_the_top_assessment_onl.html"&gt;Race to the Top Assessment: Only Three Consortia Apply&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-6421033040687534066?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2010/06/race_to_the_top_assessment_onl.html' title='Race to the Top Assessment: Only Three Consortia Apply'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/6421033040687534066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/06/race-to-top-assessment-only-three.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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standards</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Will NJDOE ever explain the differences between the NJ standards and the common core?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Well, they could simply trust Sandra Alberti, director of the education department's Office of Math and Science Standards, who described the new standards as "clearer, fewer, higher" than the preceding standards.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Wow - that is quite an explanation!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;See More &lt;a href="http://www.app.com/article/20100617/OPINION01/6180340/Explain-changes-to-standards?GID=z5OK6dJUus60QCfTvQC5WIGdmxY9eh2EJBL7UuArWCE%3D"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-6131032236891548271?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.app.com/article/20100617/OPINION01/6180340/Explain-changes-to-standards?GID=z5OK6dJUus60QCfTvQC5WIGdmxY9eh2EJBL7UuArWCE%3D' title='Explain changes to standards'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/6131032236891548271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VRWkPG2FuWc/ScPQFzwd0iI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jRkj6qvraRY/S220/Library+-+003_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623554141285883069.post-2104716103692989095</id><published>2010-06-17T09:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-17T09:48:02.224-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Commissioner Schundler on Common Core</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: #303030; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Commissioner Schundler 's comments on the Common Core Math Standards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;“When you reach high school and you aren’t able to do three-digit multiplication, that’s a real problem,” said state Education Commissioner Bret Schundler. “Part of the problem is we move students through so fast that they don’t gain that ability.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="color: #303030; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;THREE-DIGIT MULTIPLICATION - now that is a huge math issue, Mr. Commissioner!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Still, there was some urgency to Schundler wanting the board to move on the national standards, as New Jersey’s participation will also gain it points on the pending application for $400 million in federal Race to the Top funds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Yes, THE real truth is purely political.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-2104716103692989095?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/10/0616/2136/' title='Commissioner Schundler on Common Core'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/2104716103692989095/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/06/commissioner-schundler-on-common-core.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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Kentucky</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2010/06/common_standards_approval_beco.html"&gt;Common Standards Get Final, Quiet Approval in Kentucky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;See my comments at the end of the article - setting the record straight after misinformation was posted by the anti reformists.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-3143974500209227045?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2010/06/common_standards_approval_beco.html' title='Common Standards Get Final, Quiet Approval in Kentucky'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/3143974500209227045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VRWkPG2FuWc/ScPQFzwd0iI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jRkj6qvraRY/S220/Library+-+003_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623554141285883069.post-978180359553899401</id><published>2010-06-16T12:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-16T12:56:48.698-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Pulling Weeds in the Garden State</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2010/06/pulling_weeds_in_the_garden_state.html"&gt;Pulling Weeds in the Garden State&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;NJEA vs Christie &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-978180359553899401?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2010/06/pulling_weeds_in_the_garden_state.html' title='Pulling Weeds in the Garden 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VRWkPG2FuWc/ScPQFzwd0iI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jRkj6qvraRY/S220/Library+-+003_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623554141285883069.post-4027136146710771732</id><published>2010-06-15T12:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-15T12:02:14.408-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Education Week's Digital Directions: Social Networking Goes to School</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2010/06/16/03networking.h03.html"&gt;Education Week's Digital Directions: Social Networking Goes to School&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-4027136146710771732?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2010/06/16/03networking.h03.html' title='Education Week&apos;s Digital Directions: Social Networking Goes to 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Considers Charging for Summer School</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/06/14/360985njxgrsummerschoolfees_ap.html?tkn=OLZFieuXkt2vlIH%2FQzw0bOJalJLGFg1OWR3O&amp;amp;intc=bs"&gt;Education Week: N.J. Considers Charging for Summer School&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-10625174436852405?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/06/14/360985njxgrsummerschoolfees_ap.html?tkn=OLZFieuXkt2vlIH%2FQzw0bOJalJLGFg1OWR3O&amp;intc=bs' title='Education Week: N.J. 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Considers Charging for Summer School'/><author><name>DrM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00583687508228919590</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VRWkPG2FuWc/ScPQFzwd0iI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jRkj6qvraRY/S220/Library+-+003_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623554141285883069.post-168896171960139286</id><published>2010-06-14T19:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-14T19:33:47.328-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Education Week: Needed: Fresh Thinking on Teacher Accountability</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/06/09/33stigler_ep.h29.html?tkn=YVPFxefLIgx6o3aecEHHzeFCoFp3HUH9%2FvQa&amp;amp;intc=bs"&gt;Education Week: Needed: Fresh Thinking on Teacher Accountability&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-168896171960139286?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/06/09/33stigler_ep.h29.html?tkn=YVPFxefLIgx6o3aecEHHzeFCoFp3HUH9%2FvQa&amp;intc=bs' title='Education Week: Needed: Fresh Thinking on Teacher Accountability'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/168896171960139286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/06/education-week-needed-fresh-thinking-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1623554141285883069/posts/default/168896171960139286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1623554141285883069/posts/default/168896171960139286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/06/education-week-needed-fresh-thinking-on.html' title='Education Week: Needed: Fresh Thinking on Teacher Accountability'/><author><name>DrM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00583687508228919590</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VRWkPG2FuWc/ScPQFzwd0iI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jRkj6qvraRY/S220/Library+-+003_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623554141285883069.post-1452234773135386384</id><published>2010-06-14T11:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-14T11:50:50.081-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Education Week: N.J. Teachers Appear to Be Accepting Smaller Raises</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/06/14/360856njschoolfundinglawsuit_ap.html?tkn=SRLF5HZ8bOLU%2BEmPHOVN3jEf0qwQvZvAGVk7&amp;amp;intc=bs"&gt;Education Week: N.J. Teachers Appear to Be Accepting Smaller Raises&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-1452234773135386384?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/06/14/360856njschoolfundinglawsuit_ap.html?tkn=SRLF5HZ8bOLU%2BEmPHOVN3jEf0qwQvZvAGVk7&amp;intc=bs' title='Education Week: N.J. Teachers Appear to Be Accepting Smaller Raises'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/1452234773135386384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/06/education-week-nj-teachers-appear-to-be.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1623554141285883069/posts/default/1452234773135386384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1623554141285883069/posts/default/1452234773135386384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/06/education-week-nj-teachers-appear-to-be.html' title='Education Week: N.J. Teachers Appear to Be Accepting Smaller Raises'/><author><name>DrM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00583687508228919590</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VRWkPG2FuWc/ScPQFzwd0iI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jRkj6qvraRY/S220/Library+-+003_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623554141285883069.post-7645931694290496872</id><published>2010-06-11T13:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-11T13:23:19.602-04:00</updated><title type='text'>No magic bullet for education</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;From the Los Angeles Times, Sunday, May 30, 2010. &amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;EDITORIAL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/30/opinion/la-ed-eval-20100530"&gt;&amp;nbsp;No magic bullet for education &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;America keeps looking for one simple solution for its education shortcomings. There isn't one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The "unschooling" movement of the 1970s featured open classrooms, in which children studied what they were most interested in, when they felt ready. That was followed by today's back-to-basics, early-start model, in which students complete math worksheets in kindergarten and are supposed to take algebra by eighth grade at the latest. Under the "whole language" philosophy of the 1980s, children were expected to learn to read by having books read to them. By the late 1990s, reading lessons were dominated by phonics, with little time spent on the joys of what reading is all about - unlocking the world of stories and information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A little more than a decade ago, educators bore no responsibility for their students' failure; it was considered the fault of the students, their parents and unequal social circumstances. Now schools are held liable for whether students learn, regardless of the students' lack of effort or previous preparation, and are held solely accountable for reaching unrealistic goals of achievement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No wonder schools have a chronic case of educational whiplash. If there's a single aspect of schooling that ought to end, it's the decades of abrupt and destructive swings from one extreme to another. There is no magic in the magic-bullet approach to learning. Charters are neither evil nor saviors; they can be a useful complement to public schools, but they have not blazed a sure-fire path to student achievement. Decreeing that all students will be proficient in math and reading by 2014 hasn't moved us dramatically closer to the mark.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now consider the latest rush to extremes: teacher evaluations. In its effort to promote school reform with Race to the Top grants, the Obama administration rightly criticized state laws - such as one then in effect in California - that prohibited schools from making student test scores a part of teacher evaluations, and declared that such laws would preclude a state from qualifying for grants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The firewall was obviously unreasonable. Part of what the public expects from schools is improvement over the years on test scores, which are clearly related to the quality of instruction. We have endorsed the idea of taking scores into account in teacher evaluations, while cautioning that standardized tests are just one of many factors - and not necessarily the most important one - that should go into a thoughtful and relevant performance evaluation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-7645931694290496872?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/30/opinion/la-ed-eval-20100530' title='No magic bullet for education'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/7645931694290496872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/06/no-magic-bullet-for-education.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1623554141285883069/posts/default/7645931694290496872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1623554141285883069/posts/default/7645931694290496872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/06/no-magic-bullet-for-education.html' title='No magic bullet for education'/><author><name>DrM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00583687508228919590</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VRWkPG2FuWc/ScPQFzwd0iI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jRkj6qvraRY/S220/Library+-+003_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623554141285883069.post-7942085875225049483</id><published>2010-06-10T14:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-10T14:08:57.034-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Education Week: N.J. Advocates Want Court to Restore School Money</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/06/09/360129njschoolbudgets_ap.html?tkn=NOMFzs97yqyqioA5kF7Tt9vWKf3LKjIZzy9D&amp;amp;intc=bs"&gt;Education Week: N.J. Advocates Want Court to Restore School Money&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-7942085875225049483?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/06/09/360129njschoolbudgets_ap.html?tkn=NOMFzs97yqyqioA5kF7Tt9vWKf3LKjIZzy9D&amp;intc=bs' title='Education Week: N.J. 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Advocates Want Court to Restore School Money'/><author><name>DrM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00583687508228919590</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VRWkPG2FuWc/ScPQFzwd0iI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jRkj6qvraRY/S220/Library+-+003_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623554141285883069.post-1761721684197315423</id><published>2010-06-08T13:36:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T13:37:29.004-04:00</updated><title type='text'>John Wooden &amp; Teaching</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font: 13.0px Consolas; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;From Michael Martin, Research Analyst, Arizona School Boards Association.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 13.0px Consolas; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"&gt;***************************&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 13.0px Consolas; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;From a book Mr. Martin may be publishing:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 13.0px Consolas; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 13.0px Consolas; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"&gt;The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) men's basketball&amp;nbsp;team coached by John Wooden won 10 national NCAA championships in 12&amp;nbsp;years, including seven consecutive national championships from 1966&amp;nbsp;to 1973, four perfect 30-0 seasons, and in one streak from 1971 to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 13.0px Consolas; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"&gt;1974 won 88 straight games. This despite graduating students each&amp;nbsp;year and acquiring new recruits. And after Wooden retired it was 20&amp;nbsp;years before UCLA won another national championship. Obviously Wooden&amp;nbsp;knew something few others understood about teaching.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 13.0px Consolas; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 13.0px Consolas; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"&gt;An ESPN series about sports legends asked this legendary college&amp;nbsp;basketball coach, "What is the key to being a good teacher?" John&amp;nbsp;Wooden replied "I think anyone in a position of supervision, if&amp;nbsp;they're not listening to those under them, they're not going to get&amp;nbsp;good results. The supervisor must make sure that all of those under&amp;nbsp;his supervision understand they're working with him, not for him."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 13.0px Consolas; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 13.0px Consolas; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"&gt;It seems pertinent to ask "Why would the greatest college basketball&amp;nbsp;coach in history 'listen' to his students instead of requiring them&amp;nbsp;to listen to him?" Wooden says because that was what made him the&amp;nbsp;greatest basketball coach in history. Wooden did not "teach"&amp;nbsp;basketball, Wooden essentially said he considered his role as&amp;nbsp;collaborating "with" his students. Note also that Wooden described&amp;nbsp;his role as "supervision" rather than teaching, and he described&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font: 13.0px Consolas; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"&gt;"supervision" as "must make sure that all of those under his&amp;nbsp;supervision understand they're working with him, not for him."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Collaboration, not teaching.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-1761721684197315423?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/1761721684197315423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/06/john-wooden.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1623554141285883069/posts/default/1761721684197315423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1623554141285883069/posts/default/1761721684197315423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/06/john-wooden.html' title='John Wooden &amp; Teaching'/><author><name>DrM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00583687508228919590</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VRWkPG2FuWc/ScPQFzwd0iI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jRkj6qvraRY/S220/Library+-+003_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623554141285883069.post-4580158289134007464</id><published>2010-06-07T11:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-07T11:39:49.381-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Education Week: Advocates Unite to Promote Standards' Adoption</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/06/09/33common-strategy_ep.h29.html?tkn=PRXFma%2FYaSD6wB%2FltjQS8EFW10jEMRJV979f&amp;amp;intc=bs"&gt;Education Week: Advocates Unite to Promote Standards' Adoption&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623554141285883069-4580158289134007464?l=cmenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/06/09/33common-strategy_ep.h29.html?tkn=PRXFma%2FYaSD6wB%2FltjQS8EFW10jEMRJV979f&amp;intc=bs' title='Education Week: Advocates Unite to Promote Standards&apos; Adoption'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/feeds/4580158289134007464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/06/education-week-advocates-unite-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1623554141285883069/posts/default/4580158289134007464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1623554141285883069/posts/default/4580158289134007464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cmenj.blogspot.com/2010/06/education-week-advocates-unite-to.html' title='Education Week: Advocates Unite to Promote Standards&apos; Adoption'/><author><name>DrM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00583687508228919590</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VRWkPG2FuWc/ScPQFzwd0iI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jRkj6qvraRY/S220/Library+-+003_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623554141285883069.post-7021220447821606982</id><published>2010-06-04T15:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-04T15:40:24.635-04:00</updated><title type='text'>National Standards Misconceptions</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127471077"&gt;National Standards Misconceptions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"&gt;Misconception #1: National standards would make American students more competitive with their international peers. The relationship between standards and academic achievement is unclear. While it's true that many of the countries that outperform the U.S. on international tests have national standards, so do most of the countries that score lower than the U.S. Even when it comes to state standards, the relationship between academic performance and the quality of those standards is not consistent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.45em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.45em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Misconception #2: National standards are necessary so parents can understand how their children compare with other children across the country. The information parents need is already available. State tests let parents know how well their children have mastered the curriculum. The National Assessment of Educational Progress and other standardized tests compare students' performance nationally, exposing any "dumbing down" of state tests. Policies should require clear reporting of this data to parents, which in too many states is not standard practice.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.45em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Misconception #3: National standards are necessary because of the variance in the quality of state standards. Some states do have higher standards than others. But the same pressures that drive down state standards would likely plague national standards — and if national standards were defined down, they would undercut states with higher standards, such as Massachusetts. 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Michael Shaughnessy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;NCTM Summing Up&lt;/em&gt;, May 2010&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;This is the first of many opportunities that I will have to share my thoughts with you in the President’s Corner of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Summing Up&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;over the next two years. Thank you for your trust and confidence in electing me president of NCTM. 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