“Tomorrow we will have a guest speaker.” Surely this statement must always be followed by the announcement of a guest lecture in History, an actor or singer for the Drama class, a local park ranger or chemical engineer for the Sciences, or a published author to speak to the Language Arts classes. “Our guest will [...]
March 21, 2013
Practical Math: CCSS CTE Classroom Tasks
Here’s a typical complaint from an algebra student: “Why do I need to know this stuff? I’ll never use it!” Keeping the math standards practical is necessary, but often difficult. Toward that end, Achieve, Inc. has provided a series of practical tasks and shown how they relate to real-world math skills in areas such as [...]
March 24, 2010
Criteria
Standards-Setting Criteria The following criteria guided the standards development workgroups in setting the draft college and career readiness standards. Preamble: The Common Core State Standards define the rigorous skills and knowledge in English Language Arts and Mathematics that need to be effectively taught and learned for students to be ready to succeed academically in credit-bearing, [...]
