Every time I write about the Common Core, I describe it something like this: The Common Core is a set of expectations for what students should know and be able to do in math and English at each grade level. It was developed by teachers, math and language experts and others in an effort organized by state [...]
Teachers in schools in Ohio and across the nation are changing how they teach. It’s part of the switch to the Common Core, a new set of national standards for what students should know and be able to do in reading and math. By next school year, all Ohio schools are supposed be teaching the Common [...]
Despite some differences of opinion on how to improve education, teachers say they still back President Obama this year because, they say, the alternative would be worse.
In an election watched nationwide, Ohio’s voters quashed Issue 2 last night. That’s the measure that would have limited collective bargaining for some 350-thousand police, firefighters, teachers and other public employees. Unions members celebrated last night, but many are already concerned about Governor John Kasich’s next move. The “We Are Ohio” watch party in Cleveland [...]
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