Vocabulary, Digital Content, Snowballs, and the State of the Union 2.27.13 John Wood Reading the EdWeek article – Students Must Learn More Words, Say Studies – my mind flashed back to a scene from a... More
Digital Content in the Classroom: A Double Edged Sword 2.19.13 John Wood The EdWeek article – 'Big Three' Publishers Rethink K-12 Strategies – focuses on how publishers are transitioning... More
Common Core State Standards: Tests Worth Teaching to – Part 2 2.13.13 John Wood In a previous post (Part One), I discussed the MSPAP program in Maryland as an example of a “test worth teaching... More
The New English War: Marching to the Sound of the Canon 2.8.13 John Wood As districts begin to implement the Common Core State Standards, the debate over how to incorporate more non-fiction,... More
Five Good Questions about the Common Core State Standards 2.4.13 John Wood In a blog post on Getting Smart – 7 Teacher Questions About Common Core State Standards – Courtney Hanes describes... More
Common Core State Standards: Tests Worth Teaching to – Part One 2.1.13 John Wood In a recent webinar discussing the promise of the assessment consortia, Joan Herman, Director of the Center for... More
The New Common Core Assessments: Will they Hobble the Curriculum? 1.18.13 John Wood Just before the holidays, Education Sector released a report entitled Let History Not Repeat Itself: Overcoming... More
The Common Core State Standards Are Not Curriculum (Nor Are They a Definition of Readiness) 12.12.12 John Wood The PARCC assessment consortium has taken an indirect approach to defining career and college readiness (CCR). Rather... More
When to Transition to Common Core? 12.4.12 John Wood Successful transition to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), like most things in life, has a lot to do with... More
Will the Common Core Redefine Teaching? 11.29.12 John Wood In the 1980s and 1990s I was fortunate enough to be chosen for a number of National Endowment for the Humanities... More
Will Common Core State Standards Deliver Lower Test Scores? 11.13.12 John Wood This is a good question, and one that Catherine Gewertz addresses in her blog at Education Week – What Do Kentucky... More
