“SAT scores for the Class of 2015 were the lowest since the test was revised and re-normed in 2005.” “This year’s reading score is the lowest average score ever published. Math scores have not been this low since 1999.” “Education reform isn’t hitting a wall. It is the wall.” This is not a clean bill […]
The Common Core Standards are heavily immersed in what is known as “Close Reading.” What is close reading? This publication in Educational Leadership gives a good overview. After reading this, here are three “big ideas” of my own: I agree that getting students to self-question is crucial, and if we want students to independently ask questions that lead […]
As we approach the Super Bowl, I’m reminded of how we like to quantify just about everything. Football is perhaps the epitome of this. 40-yard dash times, verticals, bench presses, squats, sacks, interceptions – you name it. But there are obvious intangibles. A wide receiver may not have made a single reception, yet drew double […]
