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English Teachers Should Have More than a Footnote

The English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (CCSS) wants students to read in every discipline from elementary school through grade 12. The standards demand an increase in the reading of informational texts, the genre formally known as non-fiction. So where is the passage that concludes that English/Language Arts teachers will continue to teach fiction and literary non-fiction […]

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Let's Just Sit Down and Talk! The Socratic Discussion: Creative Implementation of Common Core Assessment

One of the most misunderstood aspects of implementing Common Core standards is that they are about learning goals, not methods.  This opens up lots of possibilities for including the standards in assessments across the curriculum.  The standards currently include core skills and knowledge in Reading, Writing, and Math.   However, the idea is not to limit […]