Classroom & Curricula
Exploring the impact of human activity on the environment provides high school students with an opportunity to understand ecological issues from the inside out. By conducting hands-on research, teens have the opportunity to interact with their surrounding environment, collect evidence, and analyze results—and the implications for their community.
The 'Global Education Toolkit for Elementary Learners' offers a wealth of practical ideas, suggestions for activities, and resources guaranteed to encourage and energize meaningful learning about the world.
Playing upon and expanding Rudine Sims Bishop’s framework for understanding multicultural literature for children, the SLJ Reviews Editors select their favorite recent titles.
OpenEd, a free, open source site now boasts more than a million Common Core videos, games, assessments and sources.
"There is no longer one Common Core approach, or need, or form of professional development. " That's one reason why the relaunch of the five-headed 'Uncommon Corps' blog makes sense.
From programming to collection development, common core state standards can impact the work of the public librarian. With implementation in the schools, where do you fit in? Join Deborah B. Ford in this webcast designed to debunk the myths, inspire you with programming ideas, and guide you in the demand for rigorous fiction and nonfiction. Archive is now available!
British Pathé has placed its archive of more than 90,000 historical films (or 3,500 hours) on YouTube.
A selection of books to help kids navigate the social and emotional ups and downs of school yard and neighborhood play. With humor and visual storytelling, these books reinforce the importance of patience, following rules, and cooperation when dealing with one's peers.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently said "change is scary," but New York State Governor Cuomo, once a staunch supporter of rigorous teacher evaluations based on student testing, has changed his position on teachers evaluations based on Common Core testing following protests and pushback.
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