Supporting the Common Core: What it doesn’t mean.
As this is my first post, introductions are in order. I am Aubrey Neihaus and my little corner of the math education world is teacher professional development. I manage a national professional...
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Passion and Support
While perusing my twitter feed last month, the following came across my TL (TL = timeline for non-tweeters in the crowd): So of course I followed the link to a tweet that had the following picture,...
View ArticleStephen Colbert Weighs in on the Common Core
Happy Friday, fellow Common Core supporters! This week brought with it many wonderful posts and pieces about the Common Core. I’ll be spotlighting a few of those next week. Today’s incredibly important...
View ArticleJo Boaler on CCSSM in the Atlantic
Last month, I had the pleasure of attending an event where Jo Boaler, math educator at Stanford, presented on her work regarding the importance of a growth mindset in math education. It was hosted by...
View ArticleCommon Core Authors on Developing the Standards
One of the purposes of this space is to help you locate accurate information about the Common Core State Standards and their development. The Hunt Institute has worked with the lead authors of both the...
View ArticleSocial Media in Support of the Common Core
Social media is a powerful tool. It can be used to cross geographic divides, create community, and broadcast a message. It is for these reasons (and more!) that I am happy to publicly share with you...
View ArticleThree Days With Lincoln
I am pleased to welcome David Riesenfeld as today’s guest author. David is an assistant principal in Long Island City. For the past thirteen years, I have taught in rural and urban secondary schools on...
View ArticleJason Zimba: “A new course for K-12 mathematics education”
Last week CCSSM author Jason Zimba wrote a guest post for the Johns Hopkins Press Blog, entitled, “A New Course for K-12 Mathematics Education.” In it, he gives a short history of the development of...
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New Resource for Common Core Advocacy
The Business Roundtable and the US Chamber of Commerce teamed up to bring us TheCommonCore.com, a resource for those who support the Common Core State Standards. This site is clean, easy to...
View ArticleSupport for the Common Core from the Front Lines
This post has been a long time coming. I promised it to you about two months ago. So like a kid with a late pass to first period, I feel the need to explain my tardiness. You see, back in December, I...
View ArticleCommon Core as Political Pawn
If you watch cable news and the discourse surrounding Common Core that is not led by educators, you may have noticed that the Common Core has become something of a hobby horse for pundits looking to...
View ArticleCathy Kessel Takes on Common Core Critiques
Recently certain high-profile folks in education seem to be decrying the Common Core. But, as I’ve posted before, it’s important for us to *ahem* attend to precision as we discuss and take on these...
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Show Your Support for the Common Core
We’ve talked here on the blog about ways that we can be sharing our support for the Common Core Standards. We’ve mentioned leveraging the power of social media, and sharing our own stories of why we...
View ArticleComing Together to Support the Common Core at NCTM
This week at NCTM, there will be an opportunity to connect with others around the country who support the implementation of the Common Core! It will be Thursday morning in the Networking Lounge which...
View ArticleWhat Do Teachers Really Think About Common Core?
For those whose lives aren’t spent working in education with educators, it’s easy to believe the hype that teachers in general are vehemently opposed to–and outraged by–the Common Core. But those of us...
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Showing our support at NCSM & NCTM
Every year, I attend the annual conferences for the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. And this year was wonderful, not only because of...
View Article#ThanksCommonCore
I admit it—I love twitter. I love the hijinks and the lolz and the general free-form vox populi nature of that social media platform. And this past week, twitter has done it again, by spawning...
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Fact-Checking Diane Ravitch on the Common Core
In an article about the Common Core State Standards that was published on Huffington Post, Diane Ravitch claimed that “…the largest contingent of the drafting committee were representatives of the...
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