What We're Reading
Education Week: "Race to Top Winners Push to Fulfull Promises..."
Interesting Education Week article (September 11, 2012) on the high value librarians provide as the Common Core Mathematics and English Language Arts standards are being implemented across the country:
Common Core Thrusts Librarians into Leadership Role
High points:
- key instructional aid to teachers
- revamping collections for rigor and richness
- the place for literature
Education Week reports on emerging responses to the Dept. of Education's plans to issue new rules for teacher preparation: Groups Form Task Force to Sway Teacher-Prep Rules, including issuing a set of concerns, and principles for evaluation of teacher preparation programs.
Ed Week, August 15, 2012: 'Hybrid' Home Schools Gaining Traction: creativity, individuality, and apparent achievement....
From Education Week's Finding Common Ground blog: Peter DeWitt's article on The Cost of Achievement....