http://www.slj.com/2013/05/opinion/consider-the-source/the-road-ahead-common-core-insights-consider-the-source/ The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:33:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.slj.com/2013/05/opinion/consider-the-source/the-road-ahead-common-core-insights-consider-the-source/#comment-43264 Richard Moore (@infosherpa) Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:13:40 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=46104#comment-43264 The Gates Foundation, lest we forget, paid to develop the (Common Core) standards, paid to evaluate the standards, and is underwriting Pearson’s program to create online courses and resources for the standards, which will be sold by Pearson, for a profit, to schools across the nation. -- Diane Ravitch The Gates Foundation, lest we forget, paid to develop the (Common Core) standards, paid to evaluate the standards, and is underwriting Pearson’s program to create online courses and resources for the standards, which will be sold by Pearson, for a profit, to schools across the nation. — Diane Ravitch

]]> http://www.slj.com/2013/05/opinion/consider-the-source/the-road-ahead-common-core-insights-consider-the-source/#comment-43212 Kim Keith Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:10:54 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=46104#comment-43212 I read your article on clusters and have instituted that in my school library. I am in a K-3 school and have used catchy phrases, "Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My", "Take Me Out to the Ballgame", "So You Want to Be President" I put the display up front in the library and the circulation among boys is way up. I read your article on clusters and have instituted that in my school library. I am in a K-3 school and have used catchy phrases, “Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My”, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”, “So You Want to Be President” I put the display up front in the library and the circulation among boys is way up.

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