February 12, 2015
Third-graders take on keyboard challenge
Third-graders will be expected to type on a keyboard to complete the Smarter Balanced assessments this spring, and typing classes are helping them prepare.
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Common Core State Standards
February 5, 2015
New lawmakers rise instantly to run committees on children's policies
In a sign of how much term limits are affecting the legislative process in California, freshman legislators have been appointed to chair four out of six key committees handling education and children's issues – even though they had no prior experience as lawmakers in the state Capital.
Michael Collier
February 4, 2015
Classroom coaches critical as teachers shift to Common Core
To break down the isolation that many teachers experience in their classrooms, California schools are using instructional coaches as a key tool to help teachers adapt their instruction to implement the Common Core standards in math and English language arts.
Laurie Udesky
February 3, 2015
State seeking No Child Left Behind exemption again
For the second straight year, California will ask the federal government to exempt it from using scores on the new assessments that students will take this spring to measure progress in math and English language arts, a key requirement under the No Child Left Behind law.
John Fensterwald
February 2, 2015
Common Core enters arena of presidential politics
With the growing certainty that Jeb Bush will be a candidate in the 2016 presidential campaign, his support for the Common Core State Standards guarantees that the standards being implemented in 43 states will be drawn into the whirlpool of presidential politics.
Louis Freedberg
January 30, 2015
Smarter Balanced "interim assessments" finally released
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium has finally released the "interim assessments" schools can use to gauge how well their students are doing in math and English language arts instruction aligned with the Common Core standards.
Laurie Udesky
January 25, 2015
Parents try their hand at Common Core math
Teachers are reaching out to build support among bewildered parents for the Common Core standards being implemented in thousands of California classrooms.
Laurie Udesky
January 8, 2015
Digital Library's use, usefulness questioned
Midway through the school year, about half the state’s teachers have access to a new "Digital Library" the state purchased to help them teach the Common Core State Standards, but it’s unclear how many teachers are actually using it and how useful it is.
John Fensterwald
December 30, 2014
Top 10 most shared EdSource stories of 2014
From the Common Core to the Vergara lawsuit, here are the 10 most popular EdSource posts from the year based on how often they were shared via Twitter, Facebook, and email.
Tiffany Lew And John Osborn D'Agostino
December 18, 2014
Teaching English learners language of math
Under the Common Core State Standards, math teachers whose students have varying levels of English comprehension are using innovative ways to teach them math, the vocabulary of math and to discuss how they came up with their answers.
Laurie Udesky
November 21, 2014
Study: Self-regulation helps kindergartners
A new study from New York University researchers links a kindergarten program that promotes “executive functions” – such as self-control, paying attention and planning – with academic improvements that persist beyond kindergarten.
Erin Brownfield
November 19, 2014
Viewing justice through a Common Core lens
A new social justice history class at Palo Alto High School spans history and English Language Arts to fulfill one of several requirements of the new Common Core State Standards. The three-year course emphasizes the use of primary sources, such as government documents.
Laurie Udesky
November 17, 2014
Common Core stays after school
As California school districts implement the Common Core State Standards in English and math, more of them are looking to after-school and summer programs to help acquaint both teachers and students with the new approach to learning.
Susan Frey
November 17, 2014
Poll: Voters know little about Common Core
More than half of California voters say they know nothing or very little about the state’s new Common Core standards for English language arts and math, according to a new report by the Policy Analysis for California Education/USC Rossier School of Education.
Laurie Udesky
November 7, 2014
Common Core unscathed in California elections
The Common Core State Standards, the principal reform now underway in California schools, emerged unscathed from the state's fall electoral battles, including one of the most combative races for state superintendent of public instruction in decades.