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Hey, @CCSSO: What do we really mean by "competency-based education"? #CBE #CCSSO

Competency-Based Education (CBE) has really started gaining the attention of P-12 school districts, colleges and universities, and state departments of education in recent years. CBE emphasizes demonstrated learning over traditional seat time, and it offers a more flexible way to support students achieve their educational goals.

We can talk about the benefits of CBE and we can describe its…

Data Interoperability: Is it the next phase of Common Core? by @cherkies ‏

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Missouri Education Watchdog by Cheri Kiesecker

You may recall when teacher Peter Greene asked a brilliant question years ago, “Are Common Core Standards Actually Data Tags?”  Greene said, “We’ve been saying that CCSS are limited because the standards were written around what can be tested. That’s not exactly correct. The standards have been written around what can be tracked.”

Absol…

Key Skills and Dispositions: Essential Traits all Exceptional Teachers Must Have #academicexcellence #dispositions

Being an effective teacher or school leader involves much more than simply possessing a solid command of subject matter or earning a certain grade point average (GPA). It also takes more than an ability to write lesson plans, or to maintain discipline in a classroom. Being an effective educator requires other skills that are essential to teaching and learning success–these are the attributes…

FFT FELLOW NAMED TEACHER OF THE YEAR

Congratulations FFT Fellow Sydney Chaffee, just named Teacher of the Year by the Council of Chief State School Officers. Sydney teaches at Codman Academy, a public charter school in Boston. Read more about the recognition in this news release and see why she was awarded this most prestigious national honor by reading her application.

On her Fund for Teachers fellowship, Sydney witnessed post apartheid-era restorative justice efforts in South Africa to inform her school's Fairness Committee and justice-centered curriculum. 

For my summer classes I had to buy several books that left a sting on the old pocketbook. One book, though, really rubbed me the wrong way. The book, Curriculum Development: A Guide to Practice,cost me $134.11! That’s pretty salty for a book that doesn’t…