Student Experience Corner: Security Advice From Locksmiths
Whether you are getting ready for our first year as a college rookie or you already have some experience gong to university, new accommodation is likely to come your way. This means you will need to spend quite some time and energy trying to find the most affordable and at the same time most comfortable […]
Dr. Stotsky in Indiana Critiquing Hoosier ELA Standards
“Meaningless verbiage… Empty skill sets…No progression from grade to grade… Too much emphasis on informational text… Absence of purpose.” These were some of the comments made this past Saturday by Indiana high school English teachers about the latest draft of the Indiana ELA Standards at a workshop led by standards guru Sandra […]
Professional Development Opportunity for all Hoosier High School Literature Teachers
As Indiana is in the process of creating a new set of K-12 English and Math Standards, a unique professional development opportunity exists for Indiana high school literature teachers. They are invited to attend any portion, or all, of a FREE conference this coming weekend, April 3-5, which is being hosted by the Association of […]
Building the Machine video on Common Core released
Must see video from HSLDA just released. Watch it and learn about the Common Core and the inherent risks it presents to all children in every school, public or private. http://youtu.be/zjxBClx01jc
How do standards change curriculum and state assessments?
The most important thing to remember about standards is that whatever is included in them is fair game to be included on testing. Under the NCLB waiver currently enforce in Indiana, teacher evaluations and school rankings will be largely determined by the students results on assessments that measure the content and skills included in the […]
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