Common Standards: The Writers Speak

Common Standards: The Writers Speak

Common Core Final not ready to late May/early June

While at NCTM this week in chilly San Diego, the common core authors have let it be known that the final draft will not be ready to late May or early June.

Education Week: Will We Ever Learn?

Education Week: Will We Ever Learn?

Excellent article.

Why do all students need to learn the quadratic formula???

Although many states want to make the course a requirement for graduating from high school, there appears to be no need to do so. Northeastern University sociologist Michael Handel has found that only 9 percent of people in the workforce ever use this knowledge, and that fewer than 20 percent of managerial, professional, or technical workers report using any Algebra 2 material. In fact, the National Assessment of Adult Literacy shows that more than 20 percent of adults (and about 50 percent of minority adults) never learn fractions well enough to apply them to common tasks. When we fixate on Algebra 2’s polynomial functions, command and depth of knowledge are sacrificed for ill-learned, and quickly forgotten, breadth.

Singapore's City Upon a Hill

Singapore's City Upon a Hill

I bet you won't find this information about Singapore at those websites and anti-reformists who love Singapore and hate NSF programs.

Education Week: Duncan Urges New Aid to Save Education Jobs

Education Week: Duncan Urges New Aid to Save Education Jobs

Race to Top Assessment Consortia: Comparability is Key

Race to Top Assessment Consortia: Comparability is Key

And then there was ... 2 or maybe 1 national assessment (s).

U.S. Teachers Fall Short on International Math Test

U.S. Teachers Fall Short on International Math Test

How Much Do Career- and College-Readiness Overlap?

How Much Do Career- and College-Readiness Overlap?

There is certainly an overlap, says ACTE Executive Director Jan Bray, but the skills sets are not identical.

Common Core changes coming?

Specific Suggestions to Implement the Concerns Raised in “A Plea for Critical Revisions to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics” Developed by Susan Jo Russell and Steve Leinwand as a follow-up to a conversation with Bill McCallum, Phil Daro and Jason Zimba April 9, 2010

Education Week: Heated Union Memo Hints at N.J. Gov. Christie's Death

Education Week: Heated Union Memo Hints at N.J. Gov. Christie's Death