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Common Core: An Education Datapalooza?
David Coleman and other proponents of close reading claim that students become college and career ready as they independently struggle to understand complex informational text without relying on any context or prior knowledge. Using this specialized literacy technique students must rely on the text itself to reveal meaning, as they engage in a rigorous process of deconstructing, dissecting, and d
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Common Core 2.0 or 2001 Education Odyssey?
With the Common Core’s emphasis on data mining and data-driven instruction there is a misguided focus and emphasis on maximizing and standardizing student “learning outcomes” rather than inspiring and supporting student learning “along the way”. Students will learn and acquire essential academic, social, and emotional skills as they persist through vigorous and diverse learning activities rather
