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- A guide to Twitter for educators
Educators are increasingly using Twitter to connect and share resources and insight, asserts Amy Erin Borovoy, Edutopia's digital media curator. In this blog post, she offers resources to help teachers use Twitter in the classroom. Included are tips for educators new to Twitter, hashtag basics and ideas about what teachers should post. Edutopia.org/Amy Erin Borovoy's blog
(11/23)
    
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- Is the Minn. high-school math exam on its way out?
Some Minnesota educators are asking state officials to reconsider the state's math exam requirement for high-school students. The effort to terminate the exam comes amid estimations that as many as one-third of high-school students are in danger of failing the math exam. In the past, students who failed the exam were able to graduate as long as they satisfied other criteria, but that rule will no longer be in effect as of 2015. Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.)
(11/26)
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- 4 challenges schools face in common core transition
There are four main challenges that schools will face as they work to implement the Common Core State Standards, according to a recent report from the Alliance for Excellent Education. They include the need to improve student achievement, reduced budgets for education, effective use of technology and the need for professional development for teachers to ensure they are properly prepared for the common core. T.H.E. Journal
(11/27)
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- Draft of science-education standards set for release
 While the Common Core State Standards have been focused on reforming math and English language arts education, a simultaneous effort has been under way to overhaul K-12 science and engineering standards, writes education consultant Doug Haller. By year's end, the second public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards is expected to be released. Haller writes in this blog post that the standards focus on science and engineering, while promoting college- and career-readiness and 21st-century competitiveness. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Education
(11/27)
- Fla. middle-school students promise to pursue STEM careers
More than 100 Florida students interested in science, technology, engineering and math were inducted recently as the first class of the Future Physicists of Florida, pledging to continue their interest in STEM fields. "We need to reach down into the middle schools to reinforce the desire to do science and math. Students need to not give up and work hard," said Charles Weatherford, chairman of the physics department at Florida A&M University. Tallahassee Democrat (Fla.) (tiered subscription model)
(11/26)
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- Common core may mean full-day kindergarten for some N.Y. schools
School district officials in Webster, N.Y., are considering a move from half-day to full-day kindergarten as a means of meeting the increased rigor of the Common Core State Standards. "The standards for kindergarten are significantly more rigorous than the old ones were," said Linda Sykut, the district's assistant superintendent of elementary instruction. "And I don't think they're unreasonable ... but it would be very challenging to accomplish them in a 2 1/2-hour day." The Chronicle (Chester, N.Y.)
(11/27)
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How to use common core with advanced and gifted learners
"Using the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics with Advanced and Gifted Learners," provides strategies to implement the new Common Core State Standards with advanced learners in K–12 schools. The book describes effective differentiated activities in mathematics for top learners. It shares how educators can provide rigor within the new standards to allow students to demonstrate higher level thinking, reasoning, problem solving, passion and inventiveness in mathematics. Read more.
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