Strong Standards: A Review of Changes to State Standards Since the Common Core

Posted on December 4, 2017December 2, 2017 by coreeducation

Achieve has released a new report analyzing the English language arts (ELA)/literacy and mathematics standards of the 24 states that have reviewed and revised these standards after initially adopting the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The report, Strong Standards: A Review of Changes to State Standards Since the Common Core, found most states kept their Read more about Strong Standards: A Review of Changes to State Standards Since the Common Core[…]

How well are American Students Learning?

Posted on April 20, 2017April 7, 2017 by coreeducation

The Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings has released the 16th annual Brown Center Report (BCR) on American Education by Tom Loveless. The 2017 BCR investigates three issues that are relevant to the current dialogue on U.S. education. Part I analyzes the changing scores of American students on two international tests; Part II revisits Read more about How well are American Students Learning?[…]

No Time to Lose: An Urgent Call to Action

Posted on September 21, 2016September 16, 2016 by coreeducation

A new report from the National Conference of State Legislatures, No Time to Lose: How to Build a World-Class Education System State by State, wastes no time in getting to the point. “The bad news,” it says in the very first sentence, “is most state education systems are falling dangerously behind the world in a Read more about No Time to Lose: An Urgent Call to Action[…]

UN: Just One-Third of Countries Reach 2015 Education Goals

Posted on September 9, 2015September 9, 2015 by coreeducation

The UN gave only a third of the world’s countries a passing grade recently for efforts to provide universal basic education, but said most governments had failed on a pledge made 15 years ago, the Agence France-Presse reports. In 2000, 164 countries agreed at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Education Read more about UN: Just One-Third of Countries Reach 2015 Education Goals[…]

Shared Vision for the Next Generation of Teaching

Posted on June 3, 2012September 12, 2020 by coreeducation

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joined seven fellow national education leaders last month in signing a shared vision for the future of the teaching profession during the opening 2012 Labor Management Conference in Cincinnati. “Lessons and best practices from talented teachers is the driving force behind this shared vision for transforming the teaching profession,” Read more about Shared Vision for the Next Generation of Teaching[…]

National Dialogue on Strengthening and Elevating the Teaching Profession

Posted on May 10, 2012 by coreeducation

The US Department of Education kicked off Teacher Appreciation Week by initiating a dialogue on improving teaching profession, as well as the public perception of America’s teachers. A vision document for reforming the teaching profession created by active classroom teachers working temporarily for the U.S. Department of Education was posted for public comment on the Read more about National Dialogue on Strengthening and Elevating the Teaching Profession[…]

Why Innovation Can’t Fix America’s Classrooms

Posted on January 4, 2012March 3, 2020 by coreeducation

In a recent article for The Atlantic, Marc Tucker, president of the National Center on Education and the Economy, reflects on wages and education. Using examples like Japan, Finland, Hong Kong and Shanghai, Tucker claims that until the U.S. finds a way “to educate our future work force to the same standards…wages in the United Read more about Why Innovation Can’t Fix America’s Classrooms[…]

Have We Gotten It Wrong on School Reform?

Posted on December 8, 2011April 25, 2012 by coreeducation

In a recent blog post for The Huffington Post, Jack Jennings of the Center on Education Policy reflects on the current “business” of education reform. Benchmarking, once used only in top performing companies, has tricked its way down to education, the most prominent example being the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The CCSS were written Read more about Have We Gotten It Wrong on School Reform?[…]

Duncan: Microsoft will take over TEACH; the dangers of “educational protectionism”

Posted on November 16, 2011April 25, 2012 by coreeducation

At first blush, many listening to Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s speech at the Microsoft Partners in Learning Global Forum may have thought they had accidentally stumbled into an economic forum. Duncan’s speech was liberally sprinkled with many terms from the current economic rhetoric: “zero-sum game,” “international competition,” and “protectionism.” Words often used in debates over Read more about Duncan: Microsoft will take over TEACH; the dangers of “educational protectionism”[…]

Report from the International Summit on the Teaching Profession

Posted on June 12, 2011April 26, 2012 by coreeducation

The U.S. Department of Education and Asia Society released a report last week entitled, “Improving Teacher Quality Around the World: The International Summit on the Teaching Profession,” addressing lessons shared during the two-day event held in New York City in March. The summit marked the first-ever convening of education ministers, teachers, and union leaders from Read more about Report from the International Summit on the Teaching Profession[…]

Time for Deeper Learning

Posted on June 8, 2011April 26, 2012 by coreeducation

Policy and practice at the local, state, and national levels should support the concepts of “deeper learning” to help all students meet higher expectations and be prepared for college and a career, according to a new policy brief from the Alliance for Excellent Education. The brief, “A Time for Deeper Learning: Preparing Students for a Read more about Time for Deeper Learning[…]

Is College and Career Readiness an Internationally Competitive Standard?

Posted on June 3, 2011April 26, 2012 by coreeducation

Yesterday I blogged about a journal article in Educational Researcher that found that the Common Core Standards were not aligned well with international standards. Today, I present a dissenting opinion. ACT has released a research report, titled “Affirming the Goal: Is College and Career Readiness an Internationally Competitive Standard?” This study also looks at the Read more about Is College and Career Readiness an Internationally Competitive Standard?[…]

Common Core Standards: How they Stack Up

Posted on June 2, 2011April 26, 2012 by coreeducation

A recent article in Education Researcher by UPenn education dean Andy Porter and several of his colleagues explains similarities and differences between the Common Core and current state and international standards, using the Surveys of Enacted Curriculum (SEC) as its metric. The SEC is an analytic framework developed at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research Read more about Common Core Standards: How they Stack Up[…]

Lessons Learned from Top-Performing Nations

Posted on May 27, 2011April 27, 2012 by coreeducation

Released by the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE), Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: An American Agenda for Education Reform explains why as the performance of students in one nation after another surpasses that of American students, and the states, in response, institute one reform after another, student performance remains stagnant. According Read more about Lessons Learned from Top-Performing Nations[…]