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Reading Recovery Works—Now Let’s Make It Even Better

Reading Recovery is an intensive intervention for first graders who are struggling to learn to read. Although its research...
March 31, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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A Plea for Traditional and Multicultural Education—Our Children Deserve Both

By Joy C. Dingle Joy C. Dingle is an independent K–16 education consultant in the Washington, DC, area. She...
February 5, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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For Equity, for Kids, for Democracy—Let’s Create a Model District with a Well-Rounded Curriculum

Last week, I shared that the Core Knowledge Foundation is seeking a courageous district to partner with. A district...
January 15, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Wanted: A District with the Courage to Close the Gap

I’m not one to do New Year’s resolutions—why set myself up for failure? But I do like to take...
January 8, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Smarter Balanced Confuses Fairness and Validity

Over the past two weeks, we’ve looked the ETS guidelines for fair assessments that PARCC adopted, as well as...
October 15, 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation