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Monday, April 29, 2013

UPDATE: Fewer, Clearer, Higher – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

Fewer, Clearer, Higher – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER:



Info on #CPS testing schedule sent to me. In a word: INSANE

What you have here from the powers that be is a rather rudimentary and quantitative understanding of assessment as it relates to pedagogy. A listener of At the Chalk Face live tweeted during the show information about Chicago’s insane PreK-2 assessment schedule. Here’s the graphic, click for a larger version. What at first becomes obvious [...]



A potential for an education research boycott? #AERA13 #highered

I actually don’t know if “civilians” understand how academic publication works, at least for the humdrum, commoner, the everyday “scholar” who doesn’t have major book deals. Let me explain. So, in order to receive tenure and promotion as a faculty member, which I think might be over-rated at this point, a faculty member needs to [...]


AERA President Tierney Speech on Poverty Followed by Champagne Reception


Fewer, Clearer, Higher

I’m staying up way too late–again–preparing for a lecture series that I will be doing in some communities in eastern New York and Delaware, and I finally gathered all of the ELA standards for Kindergarten.  I’m going to paste them here (at the risk of being busted with the fair use policy).  As you peruse them, remember the motto that has been thrown around for CCSS: “fewer, clearer, higher.”  Focus on the first two words.
Oh, by the way, these are for Kindergarten.

READING: LITERATURE

Key Ideas and Details

Craft and Structure