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High point common core
The document provides one perspective on the Common Core State Standards. It discusses how the standards were developed through partnerships between states and organizations to ensure students are prepared for college and careers. It also notes debates around the loss of local control and national curriculum. The document examines the language arts and math standards as well as the new testing being developed to assess student performance on the standards.
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- 1. Give to Caesarwhat is Caesar’s... One take on the Common Core. Patrick Higgins, Jr. June 21, 2011 High Point Regional High School
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- 6. Who are we dealingwith here?
- 7. What Does itMean to Be Well-Educated in Today’s World?
- 8. Stay away from buzzwords and edu-speak
- 9. Who are They? http://i.imgur.com/IVA1N.jpg
- 10. Who are They? DeceptivelyNative http://i.imgur.com/IVA1N.jpg
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- 31. “(42% of USstudents are currently required to attend college remediation courses. Most living wage jobs now require at least 2 yrs. of post secondary training-- fast food franchises for a management position often require 4 yrs. of post secondary work.)” Source: www.achieve.org
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- 33. The Bottom Line: “Whenstudents take challenging courses in high school, they have more options when they graduate.What used to be thought of as “college prep” curriculum is now the basic level of preparation all students need to be successful in college and the workplace.” Source: www.achieve.org
- 34. “The standards areinternationally benchmarked. Common standards will help ensure our students are globally competitive.” Source: www.achieve.org
- 36. “Expectations are standardizedand consistent for all students and not dependent on a student’s zip code.” Source: www.achieve.org
- 37. “Standards are focused,coherent, and clear. Clearer standards help students (and parents and teachers) understand what is expected of them.” Source: www.achieve.org
- 38. “Standards create afoundation to work collaboratively across states and districts, pooling resources and expertise, to create curricular tools, professional development, common assessments and other materials.” Source: www.achieve.org
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- 50. “Shared resposibility for students’ literacy development”
- 51. Translate this “Shared resposibilityfor students’ literacy development”
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- 54. Standards for Mathematical Practice 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4. Model with mathematics.
- 55. Standards for Mathematical Practice 5. Use appropriate tools strategically. 6. Attend to precision. 7. Look for and make use of structure. 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
- 56. “Require the applicationof mathematics to real world situations and issues.”
- 57. Kindergarten-8 Strong foundation inarithmetic, numbers, and operations
- 58. 9-12 Number and quantity,algebra, functions, modeling, geometry, statistics and probability.
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- 65. Phase out HSPAby 2014-2015
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- 80. Kill the Mothership http://www.flickr.com/photos/jongorr/203440092/
- 81. Here’s what Ilike about the Common Core:
- 82. Here’s what Ilike about the Common Core: They don’t interfere too much with my biases.
- 83. “The Standards definewhat all students are expected to know and be able to do, not how teachers should teach.”
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- 93. Paradox of WordPoverty http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipuzzled/152290154/
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- 95. “...we're in themidst of a literacy revolution the likes of which we haven't seen since Greek civilization," --Prof. Andrea Lunsford, Stanford University http://www.flickr.com/photos/70323761@N00/1659490498/
- 96. A Literacy Revolution http://www.flickr.com/photos/photograham/311323441/sizes/l/
- 97. November 3, 2008 McCain Obama 620,359 supporters 2,379,102 supporters (Jeremiah Owyang, 2008)
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- 100. Obama had 403% moresubscribers than McCain Obama had 905% more viewers than McCain (Jeremiah Owyang, 2008)
- 101. Intellectual Heavy Lifting http://www.flickr.com/photos/c2k2e/114746487/
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- 104. Are We Makinga Mark? http://www.flickr.com/photos/antphotos/4226218448/
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