Russ Walsh gives strong voice to support from public education in a variety of ways — his old blog, Russ on Reading, carried a good deal of serious thought about the Common Core curricula recently, especially as it relates to reading.
Education professor and consultant Russ Walsh
Bookmark his site, and pay attention to what he says. This is a key issue in your state, in your schools, and in your legislature, today. If it’s not in your newspaper, you’re being steamrolled.
A Compilation of Common Core Concerns
The Common Core State Standards in English/Language Arts has come under increasing scrutiny. Here is a collection of my posts from the past year on the Common Core and some of the concerns I have about the new standards and literacy instruction.
- The CCCS: Knowledge is Power
- The Common Core in English/Language Arts: A Critically Literate Reading
- Could the Common Core Widen the Achievement Gap in Reading/Language Arts?
- Stories Matter: Where Does Story Fit in the Common Core?
- Text Complexity and the Common Core: A Close Reading, Part 1
- Text Complexity and the Common Core: A Close Reading, Part 2
- What Constitutes Rigorous Reading?
- The Blue Guitar: Towards a Reader Response Approach to Close Reading
- Does Background Knowledge Matter to Reading Comprehension?
- Defending Reader Response from the Common Core
A note only because it’s necessary to keep reminding people in Texas: CSCOPE is/was not Common Core. Texas chose not to join in the Common Core Coalition years ago.
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