Comments for Common Core http://blog.commoncore.org Promoting a full core curriculum. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:16:42 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Wither P21? by Uh-oh: Here Comes Edu-Goliath! | Think Tank West http://blog.commoncore.org/2010/08/23/wither-p21/#comment-22401 Uh-oh: Here Comes Edu-Goliath! | Think Tank West Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:16:42 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=185#comment-22401 [...] dominated education for decades — and whose notions you disdain. Well, if what’s being reported by Common Core’s Lynne Munson – and reiterated in this lamentation for Massachusetts by the Pioneer Institute’s Jim [...] [...] dominated education for decades — and whose notions you disdain. Well, if what’s being reported by Common Core’s Lynne Munson – and reiterated in this lamentation for Massachusetts by the Pioneer Institute’s Jim [...]

]]> Comment on Wither P21? by Uh-oh: Here Comes Edu-Goliath! « South Capitol Street http://blog.commoncore.org/2010/08/23/wither-p21/#comment-22395 Uh-oh: Here Comes Edu-Goliath! « South Capitol Street Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:56:58 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=185#comment-22395 [...] dominated education for decades — and whose notions you disdain. Well, if what’s being reported by Common Core’s Lynne Munson – and reiterated in this lamentation for Massachusetts by the Pioneer Institute’s Jim [...] [...] dominated education for decades — and whose notions you disdain. Well, if what’s being reported by Common Core’s Lynne Munson – and reiterated in this lamentation for Massachusetts by the Pioneer Institute’s Jim [...]

]]> Comment on Not Merely “Aligned” by Tweets that mention Common Core » Blog Archive » Not Merely “Aligned” -- Topsy.com http://blog.commoncore.org/2010/08/19/not-merely-aligned/#comment-22044 Tweets that mention Common Core » Blog Archive » Not Merely “Aligned” -- Topsy.com Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:02:44 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=181#comment-22044 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Patrick Riccards, Laura Bornfreund. Laura Bornfreund said: RT @Eduflack: New K-12 ELA curriculum maps more than just aligned to common core standards -- http://blog.commoncore.org/2010/08/19/not-merely-aligned/ [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Patrick Riccards, Laura Bornfreund. Laura Bornfreund said: RT @Eduflack: New K-12 ELA curriculum maps more than just aligned to common core standards — http://blog.commoncore.org/2010/08/19/not-merely-aligned/ [...]

]]> Comment on Not Merely “Aligned” by A new curriculum map for new standards — Joanne Jacobs http://blog.commoncore.org/2010/08/19/not-merely-aligned/#comment-22043 A new curriculum map for new standards — Joanne Jacobs Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:52:52 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=181#comment-22043 [...] adopted Common Core State Standards.  The next step is to figure out how to teach the standards. Common Core (an independent group) has released  curriculum maps for K-12 English Language Arts based on the [...] [...] adopted Common Core State Standards.  The next step is to figure out how to teach the standards. Common Core (an independent group) has released  curriculum maps for K-12 English Language Arts based on the [...]

]]> Comment on The Partnership for 19th Century Skills by Kathy http://blog.commoncore.org/2009/07/06/the-partnership-for-19th-century-skills/#comment-21634 Kathy Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:59:46 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=88#comment-21634 Just wondering, didn't we have any skills in the 20th century? Just wondering, didn’t we have any skills in the 20th century?

]]> Comment on A Good Start by Survey Magnet http://blog.commoncore.org/2010/08/02/a-good-start-2/#comment-21557 Survey Magnet Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:19:18 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=179#comment-21557 We have an interesting debate going on about this subject at the following link: http://www.surveymagnet.com/2010/08/us-vs-other-countries-in-education/ Come join the discussion. We have an interesting debate going on about this subject at the following link:

http://www.surveymagnet.com/2010/08/us-vs-other-countries-in-education/

Come join the discussion.

]]> Comment on NEA Teachers: “Hooray for the core subjects!!!!” by Harold http://blog.commoncore.org/2010/07/08/nea-teachers-hooray-for-the-core-subjects/#comment-21069 Harold Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:38:41 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=175#comment-21069 I want to call people's attention to a study that validates what Ravitch and Hersch have to say. To read and comprehend well, children need instruction in oral language: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/media/releases/2010/clarke.cfm I want to call people’s attention to a study that validates what Ravitch and Hersch have to say. To read and comprehend well, children need instruction in oral language:

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/media/releases/2010/clarke.cfm

]]> Comment on Broad and Full of Holes by Thoughts on the Draft Science Education Standards Framework « Science for All http://blog.commoncore.org/2010/07/21/broad-and-full-of-holes/#comment-20246 Thoughts on the Draft Science Education Standards Framework « Science for All Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:48:51 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=177#comment-20246 [...] Broad and Full of Holes- by Lynn Munson and James Elias [...] [...] Broad and Full of Holes- by Lynn Munson and James Elias [...]

]]> Comment on Still Not Good Enough: For Massachusetts by Tom Hoffman http://blog.commoncore.org/2010/04/02/still-not-good-enough-for-massachusetts/#comment-20165 Tom Hoffman Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:52:52 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=166#comment-20165 Riffing off Stew, as a Rhode Islander, I'm constantly baffled by our habit of importing education leaders <i>from the south</i>. Riffing off Stew, as a Rhode Islander, I’m constantly baffled by our habit of importing education leaders from the south.

]]> Comment on The Weingarten Curriculum by Ed Jones http://blog.commoncore.org/2010/07/09/the-weingarten-curriculum/#comment-19897 Ed Jones Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:46:31 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=176#comment-19897 James, how are you defining high-performing nations? I'm not at all standing up for the weak curriculum crowd here, but shouldn't we be careful? This is the nation that invented the Internet and thrust it forward into solutions for every aspect of life, business, arts, health, humanities, government, innovation. We put a space station in orbit (leading a world-wide team), remake the drug and medical device world yearly, invented and still rule the francise model of delivering goods and services to needful consumers. We deploy the only forces in the world that can direct either humanitarian recovery operations like Haiti and the pacific Tsunami, or military defense operations like the Gulf War. Our movies and entertainment are republished throughout the world, our finance system leads the world, up or down, nations ask our technical help in building systems legal, economic, and infra-structural. You say, "But", and you're right, we can and should do better. Yet, what do the Fins do better? Make high scores on standardized tests? What else? Going forward is crucial. We can do better than the testing regimes we now have. We can employ interactive systems. We can make learning more individual and sticky. We can create systems that allow richer, deeper curriculum creation, and enhance long term retention of what is learned. We're not putting money into any of that. We pay oodles of pundits to argue constantly, to call for us to be more like some Scandanavian countries that lead the world in what again? Again, NCLB was a necessary evil to recover our worst schools. No argument there, and it was well designed as c 1993 feasable political solutions ran. No issue there. It's time to be post-political, post-pundit. Lets use the incredible tools which have fallen into our lap, start crafting American solutions for c2012 American youth. Start paying Open Source media wranglers and developers! James, how are you defining high-performing nations?

I’m not at all standing up for the weak curriculum crowd here, but shouldn’t we be careful? This is the nation that invented the Internet and thrust it forward into solutions for every aspect of life, business, arts, health, humanities, government, innovation. We put a space station in orbit (leading a world-wide team), remake the drug and medical device world yearly, invented and still rule the francise model of delivering goods and services to needful consumers. We deploy the only forces in the world that can direct either humanitarian recovery operations like Haiti and the pacific Tsunami, or military defense operations like the Gulf War. Our movies and entertainment are republished throughout the world, our finance system leads the world, up or down, nations ask our technical help in building systems legal, economic, and infra-structural.

You say, “But”, and you’re right, we can and should do better. Yet, what do the Fins do better? Make high scores on standardized tests? What else?

Going forward is crucial. We can do better than the testing regimes we now have. We can employ interactive systems. We can make learning more individual and sticky. We can create systems that allow richer, deeper curriculum creation, and enhance long term retention of what is learned.

We’re not putting money into any of that. We pay oodles of pundits to argue constantly, to call for us to be more like some Scandanavian countries that lead the world in what again?

Again, NCLB was a necessary evil to recover our worst schools. No argument there, and it was well designed as c 1993 feasable political solutions ran. No issue there.

It’s time to be post-political, post-pundit. Lets use the incredible tools which have fallen into our lap, start crafting American solutions for c2012 American youth.

Start paying Open Source media wranglers and developers!

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