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DC: Embarking on a Knowledge Revolution

Over the past few years, an increasing number of DC schools have been revamping their curricula to teach dramatically...
June 25, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Districts Could Do More for the Most Vulnerable Students

In my last post I highlighted two districts that are equalizing opportunity to learn and increasing teacher collaboration through...
June 23, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Collaborating on Curriculum and Assessment: Two Districts Lead the Way

“Educators and policymakers must avoid the trap of limiting their discussions to questions which the existing data can readily...
June 18, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Knowledge Equalizer: Jeff Litt

In my last post, I called for knowledge equality. My hope is all educators and concerned citizens—and policymakers with...
June 15, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Spend the Summer Reading (Aloud)

Of all the things I want to thank my mother for, the time she devoted to reading aloud to...
June 9, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Does Class Trump Ability?

“A 13-year study that tracked students of different socioeconomic status found that ‘class trumps ability’ most times when it...
June 5, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Solving the Grit Problem

Thanks to a new friend, I just read an interesting little article on the struggle to name the set...
June 2, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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On Blooming

As a member of the team of educators and editors developing Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA), I’m continually proud...
May 26, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Knowledge For Literacy

By Marilyn Jager Adams Marilyn Jager Adams, a visiting scholar in the Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences Department of Brown...
May 18, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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A Successful Formula: Shared Curriculum + Shared Responsibility

A shorter version of this post originally appeared on the Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Flypaper blog. Like pretty much...
May 12, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation