What We're Reading
Ed Week Learning Forward's PD Watch: Developing a Common Core Vision, by Joellen Killion.
Discusses a study by the National Endowment for the Arts showing that "...students from lower socio-economic backgrounds who actively participated in the arts tended to score better in science and writing, and were more likely to aspire to college."
How will massove open online courses (MOOCs) change the financial models of universities that have built revenue streams with credit courses online? Possibilities discussed in The Online Pecking Order, Inside Higher Ed
An article by John Ewing in August 2 Education Week: Give the Standards Back to Teachers, argues that Common Core standards and assessments as a measure of achievement - for students, for teachers, for education in general - will fail unless teachers "own" the standards; and they will have the best chance for successful implementation of the Common Core.
Interesting article on teacher preparation, excerpted from Inequality for All: The Challenge of Unequal Opportunity in American Schools, by William H. Schmidt and Curtis C. McKnight. (Teachers College Press, 2012).
Why Math Teachers Feel Prepared
