by dwalker | Oct 26, 2012 | Blog
This is the third in a series of blogs about school leadership and the Common Core Standards. The first blog explored the idea of implementing yet another reform and how school leaders can foster a sense of enthusiasm and openness. The second blog focused on the...
by dwalker | Oct 23, 2012 | Blog
School leaders face a significant challenge in implementing new reforms, which seem to come with increasing frequency. While the Common Core Standards hold promise for shaping a deeper, more thoughtful curriculum for students in English Language Arts (and...
by admin | Oct 22, 2012 | Blog
I am a first generation college graduate that grew up in severe city poverty. I wasn’t one of these children that didn’t know they were poor; I knew at a very young age. I was aware of labels that people shared to describe me from the time I was five. My mother...
by dwalker | Oct 22, 2012 | Blog
Everywhere you turn there is information about the Common Core. Educational reformers are pinning their hopes on this new curriculum framework, that by focusing on depth instead of breadth, and by articulating a set of rigorous standards for student learning,...
by dwalker | Aug 30, 2011 | Blog
It seems to me we have two forces shaping educational policy: one is the call to innovate, reflected in the USDOE’s Investing in Innovation (i3) grants and in calls from the US Secretary of Education to seek innovative solutions to persistent problems of student...
