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Joy Hakim’s Science Stories: Proof that Informative Can Be Engaging

Kiana Hernandez is a young woman who opted out of a standardized test last spring. She had her reasons,...
August 27, 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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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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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
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Life Is a High-Stakes Reading Test

Life is a high-stakes reading test. Those who pass gain entry to the best humanity has to offer—great literature,...
July 2, 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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From Dull to Vibrant: How Core Knowledge Provided an Excellent Platform for Student Writing

By Debbie Reynolds Debbie Reynolds has been teaching for over ten years in grades K-2; she currently teaches second...
April 30, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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An appraisal of Core Knowledge Language Arts

By Ilene Shafran Ilene Shafran is a 2nd-grade teacher at PS 34 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This appraisal was originally published...
April 21, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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Reading Comprehension: There’s No Workaround for Knowledge

By Greg Ashman Greg Ashman is a teacher in Australia. Supported by his school (but not necessarily representing its views), he...
April 13, 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation
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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