Steady Leadership and Success at Newark Charter
Greg Meece looks back on eighteen years of dedicated service as Director of the two-time National Blue Ribbon award-winning Newark Charter School in Delaware.
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Core Knowledge Schools Core Knowledge School Ranks First in Colorado SAT Scores
Congratulations to Liberty Common High School’s class of 2019! Seniors at the Fort Collins, Colorado, charter school broke the state SAT record with a total mean score of 1322. The impressive numbers earned top ranking in the state, a clear 25 points ahead of second-place. For the 2017-2018 school year, the overall mean score for high…
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Core Knowledge Language Arts Montessori Meets Core Knowledge in Memphis
Combining Montessori and Core Knowledge might strike some educators as paradoxical—but as the Libertas School in Memphis demonstrates, the combination can open worlds of wonder and knowledge.
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Core Knowledge Language Arts Building an Early Literacy Infrastructure in Sullivan County, Tennessee
Sullivan County elementary schools in rural Tennessee are using CKLA to strengthen early literacy instruction, and getting school leaders involved to ensure lasting change.
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Core Knowledge Language Arts It’s National Children’s Book Week
Through May 6th, it’s National Children’s Book Week, a great time to revisit favorite classics and an opportunity to explore the wide range of voices and perspectives in works by contemporary authors. We’d like to introduce you to the works of Jacqueline Woodson.
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Assessments and Accountability Louisiana’s Remarkable Reading Test
The Louisiana Department of Education announced a plan to develop a new reading test to pilot in five districts. The test incentivizes the kind of teaching and learning disadvantaged students need to close pernicious achievement gaps in ELA. The pilot signals the critical awareness that language proficiency is knowledge dependent, and that educational equity is not served by ignoring this or trying to wish it away.
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Education Theory A Brief Appreciation of E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
Daniel Willingham, Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, offers a succinct appreciation of three profound ideas that E. D. Hirsch, Jr. has contributed to the national discussion of education in America.
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News Happy 90th Birthday, Dr. Hirsch!
Please join us in wishing a very happy 90th birthday to the founder of Core Knowledge, E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
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Curriculum Sharing the Civics Knowledge: Core Knowledge Partners with the Civics Renewal Network
The Core Knowledge Foundation has partnered with the Civics Renewal Network (CRN), an alliance of more than thirty nonprofit and nonpartisan organizations working to provide free online resources to educators for classroom instruction in civics.
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Core Knowledge Language Arts CKLA Now on Nearpod
The Knowledge Strand of Core Knowledge Language Arts® (CKLA) is now available on Nearpod, a digital lesson delivery platform that provides interactive experiences for both students and teachers. Find out more in this post from Amplify, the Core Knowledge Foundation’s publishing partner for CKLA.
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