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Dear Alliance: You Almost Nailed It

The Alliance for Excellent Education has a new report: The Next Chapter: Supporting Literacy Within ESEA. It’s definitely worth...
August 21, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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I’m Afraid of Personalized Learning

There. I’ve admitted it. I’m afraid of personalized learning. Of course, I’m fascinated by it too. But the allure...
August 18, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Why Is Creativity in Decline?

For the past 25 years, creativity has been in decline. I’ve just started to look into it, so I...
August 13, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Mississippi: Common Core Lite

Mississippi is a little more than half way through a public comment period on the 2014 Mississippi College and...
August 10, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Interrupting the Cycle of Poverty

Of all the reasons to continuously try to improve our schools, one of the most important is interrupting the...
August 7, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Valid, Reliable, and Unfair

As schools across the country anxiously await the results of their new Common Core–aligned assessments, there’s one thing I...
August 4, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Math and Science Increase Wages–Even Without College

In my last post, I mentioned a couple of reports showing huge disparities in the courses offered by high...
July 31, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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The (Knowledge) Rich Get Richer

If I could accomplish just one thing in my career, it would be to have all leaders take equalizing...
July 28, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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A Full Year of Knowledge, Questions, Thinking, and Learning

By Ilene Shafran Ilene Shafran is a second grade teacher with twenty-four years of experience. Her diverse public school...
July 22, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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In Defense of Facts

One of my favorite blogs is by Katie Ashford, the director of inclusion at Michaela Community School in London...
July 16, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation