July 10, 2012
Cheryl Dobbertin and I take on some of the Core in this Ed Week piece, just posted. I think it does a good job of sifting through what I continue to think of as the hot mess of the ELA Common Core: some of it solid and necessary; some of it highly questionable; and all of it requiring teachers to be 100% on their critical thinking game when using it. Which, of course, is one of the most touted skills in the Core. Irony? Let’s hope not. I’d rather it was synchronicity.
July 11th, 2012 at 6:20 pm
Nice piece, Dina and Cheryl. Your #nwp colleagues across the country are reading it and adding their own myths, especially on the writing side.
July 12th, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Bravo Dina and Cheryl!! You nailed it! You said what most of us are thinking.