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History poster highlights historical argument Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Feb 16, 2013 at 8:26am Richard Byrne, the pretty amazing author of the blog Free Technology for Teachers, has highlighted new tools for history teachers in this post: ... read more	134 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
NIWP Spring Conference -- Call for Proposals Added by April Niemela on Oct 8, 2012 at 3:35pm Hello, fellow NWP friends: I hope you've had a wonderful start to the school year! We've had excellent responses to NIWP Common Core workshops and cl... read more	204 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
EdWeek covers assessment consortia item releases Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Aug 18, 2012 at 10:35am In EdWeek's free content area (no subscription needed), a recent piece discusses the early glimpses of assessment items from the two consortia formed... read more	259 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
"Not Another History Teacher" blog picks favorite history websites for CCSS Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jul 14, 2012 at 12:21pm Melissa Seiderman, a history/econ/government teachers from New York state, blogs about her teaching and history as a disciplines. has pulled together... read more	293 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Writing Project Teacher Blogs about Her Experiment with the Common Core in Summer School Added by Tanya Baker on Jul 11, 2012 at 1:21pm Area 3 Teacher Consultant, @nicolekukral, is teaching summer school this summer, for the first time in years. This time, she writes, its not bec... read more	262 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Stanford History and Education Group collects document-based resources Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jul 4, 2012 at 4:31pm CCSS puts a premium on the role of rich text in content area instruction. In 2009 Stanford was named West Coast partner of the largest library in the... read more	279 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
History lessons @42ThinkDeep Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jul 4, 2012 at 4:18pm Michael Milton, a history teacher at Burlington High School, is publishying his experiments in aligning his favorite lessons to the Common Core. He e... read more	221 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Common Core Lessons in history at the Golder Lehman Institute Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jul 4, 2012 at 3:59pm Tim Bailey, a teacher from Salt Lake City, Utah who was the 2009 History Teacher of the Year, has published a set of CCSS aligned history lessons at ... read more	429 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
TeachingHistory.org Offers Materials and Perspectives for History Teachers about the Common Core Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jul 4, 2012 at 2:08pm In Trickle or Tsunami?: Getting Involved with the Common Core Standards, Daisy Martin, Director of History Education at Teachinghistory.org, int... read more	274 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Fred Mindlin's daily Digital Literacy/Common Core news Added by Kevin Hodgson on Jun 18, 2012 at 2:24am I would suggest subscribing to NWP friend Fred Mindlin's daily news roundup of links and posts on the theme of digital literacy and the Common Core. ... read more	275 Views	4 comments	Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jun 19, 2012 at 1:12pm Sorry -- another comment -- we're using NetSmarts in a program in Oakland, and Howard has crowdsourced a HS curriculum to go with it. This might make... read more
Resources for the Common Core and Social Studies Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jun 17, 2012 at 4:40pm Glenn Wiebe is a social studies specialist from Kansas who maintains the History Tech blog and Social Studies Central—both chock full of resources un... read more	970 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
New Book Addresses Equity and The Common Core Added by Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez on May 21, 2012 at 1:36pm Too often schools will offer remediation and slower paced courses to struggling students resulting in a wider curriculum and achievement gap. Think o... read more	234 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Incoming College Board Head Wants SAT to Reflect Common Core Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on May 19, 2012 at 5:38pm Yes, we know. the implications are huge if (as he argues here) Coleman is able to direct the SAT andAP towards the Common Core as he interprets it.... read more	772 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Making and Writing About It Added by Tanya Baker on Feb 22, 2012 at 1:02pm Ozarks Writing Project hosted a conference on technical writing with an emphasis on 'make'. ... read more	239 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Webinar: Making Sense of Science Added by Tanya Baker on Feb 6, 2012 at 10:32am I thought some of you might be interested in this webinar, hosted by like-minded colleagues from West Ed, originally aired on February 8, 2012.... read more	306 Views	3 comments	Added by kate grin on Jul 5, 2012 at 6:59am Teaching is such an occupation which requires constant self-improvement, learning something new in order to share this knowledge with the stude... read more
ELLs and the Common Core-Feedback Requested! Added by Shannon Styers on Jan 31, 2012 at 9:01pm Hi!... read more	568 Views	4 comments	Added by McintyreL on Jul 23, 2012 at 2:35am Sounds really cool! I think you are doing great, keep going! Linda, typing test ... read more
Scientists as writers Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jan 7, 2012 at 10:29am CCSS has a particular thread for writing in the disciplines—something we in NWP have long been concerned with, of course. Here are a few links for lo... read more	288 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Bob Rothman from AEE names five myths about CCSS in Harvard Ed letter Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jan 1, 2012 at 1:22pm These are probably a preview of his recent book... ... read more	356 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
What Do You Mean, Teachers Can't Create Curriculum? Added by Kevin Hodgson on Dec 13, 2011 at 6:28pm (reposted from my blog -- Kevin's Meandering Mind -- and the homepage of NWP Connect) ... read more	234 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Tim Shanahan explains his take on what's new in Common Core Added by NWP Site Leaders on Nov 14, 2011 at 5:35pm Common Core Standards: Are We Going to Lower the Fences or Teach Kids to Climb? Thursday, October 13, 2011 by Timothy Shanahan ... read more	1,476 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Inquiry, Technology, and Self Regulation Added by Tanya Baker on Oct 21, 2011 at 9:35am I have recently been enjoying the musing of Chris Kennedy, the Superintendent of Schools / CEO with the West Vancouver School District (West Vancouve... read more	272 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Op Ed piece makes case for focus on argument Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Oct 4, 2011 at 2:27pm Mike Schmoker and Gerald Graff make a case for argument as the center of curriclum in this EdWeek commentary piece published Online: April 19, 2011. ... read more	273 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
New book on Common Core from NCTE Added by Cindy O'Donnell-Allen on Oct 2, 2011 at 6:59pm Hi, all, ... read more	489 Views	2 comments	Added by Bonnie Warne on Oct 5, 2011 at 7:19am Hi, ... read more
Pearson Launches Webinar Series on Common Core Standards Added by NWP Site Leaders on Oct 2, 2011 at 9:10am A new series of free webinars, from Pearson, will explore how educators can transition to the Common Core State Standards. Experts in literacy, ... read more	451 Views	1 comment	Added by Freida Thomas on Jun 27, 2012 at 6:50am These webinars were totally amazing! Thank you for making them and sharing your rich experience this way. Family tree builder ... read more
Common Core Implementation: A view from district leadership Added by NWP Site Leaders on Sep 17, 2011 at 9:21am This is one of a planned series of reports on district implememtation of Common Core. It might provide NWP folks with a sense of how districts percei... read more	272 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.