The new question-of-the-week is: How can we help English Language Learners meet the Common Core Standards? On one hand, you have Common Core Standards or, in states that don’t use Common Core, there ...

Note: this is part 4 of a ten-part series on the Common Core. For part three, see here. Building on my discussion of Common Core aligned materials yesterday, today I want to talk about Common Core ...

As many educators and researchers will attest, there’s no exact science to choosing vocabulary words—no inherent reason the word “detest” is more important to teach than “despise,” or why “compassion” ...

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The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a right-tilted think tank and longtime staunch supporter of the Common Core, just released a survey of ELA teachers and some attendant conclusions about how the Common ...

Experts help schools learn how to effectively teach Common Core to student with disabilities A new website for students–and in particular, those with disabilities–is offering free “anytime, anyplace” ...

In Chris Kirchner’s freshman English classes at Coral Reef Senior High School, novels like To Kill a Mockingbird and The Great Gatsby have been squeezed off the syllabus to make room for nonfiction ...

Dylan Nichols signs on to a Chromebook at Hickman Elementary School's computer lab. Dylan raised $10,000 to fill out a classroom set of the units, helping get the school Common Core ready.

Native Spanish speakers who have been teaching in English-only classrooms are the focus of specialized training in many districts across California to meet the increased demand for bilingual teachers.

Students at the Mason Classical Academy in Naples, Florida, did rank highly among schools in the local district for English Language Arts and Mathematics in 2017, and their scores improved from the ...