DEY takes a look at news making noise on social media. The 2016 Opt Out movement is in full force and making news: Via the Village Voice: New York Opt-Out Rates Remain High, Tests Remain Massively Confusing The New York Post: ‘Opt out:’ Teachers email parents to boycott Common Core tests The New York Daily News: … Read more
Today, in conjunction with the Alliance for Childhood, we are thrilled to release our new report Reading Instruction in Kindergarten: Little to Gain and Much to Lose. In the report we concluded that Common Core reading requirements for kindergarten are inappropriate and not well-grounded in research. Under Common Core, students are expected to be able to … Read more
The front page of the March 28, 2016 edition of the Miami Herald, featured a nearly full page article about the efforts of parents in South Florida to demand more recess time for their young children. After Florida’s legislature failed to pass a law mandating recess during the current session, parents decided to fight for their children’s … Read more
Learning to Count to 14 the Common Core Way and the Developmentally Appropriate Way – What is the Difference? Why Does it Matter? Unfortunately, in too many kindergartens today, even many of the best trained teachers in play-based, developmentally appropriate practice say they are being pressured into teaching fact-based, “one-size-fits-all” math lessons and find that play-based … Read more
Today’s blog post is an open letter to Lucy Calkins written by Angie Sullivan, a second grade teacher in Las Vegas, Nevada. We are helping to share her thoughts far and wide. Writer’s Workshop is one of the many tools that have shifted – and not for the better – under the Common Core State … Read more