First, as Catherine Gewertz noted last week, Achieve's Mike Cohen (a key player in the Common Core effort and someone for whom I have immense respect) has pooh - poohed concerns that the consortia are moving into curricular development (with federal funds) in violation of the statutory prohibition on the U.S. Department of Education developing curricula. (educationnext.org)
We are left to wonder: Should NAEP frameworks and assessments be updated to reflect what's in the Common Core, and perhaps other recent curricular developments? (educationnext.org)
He must ask Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to launch a major campaign (as part of the I - 3 initiative, perhaps) to give schools incentives to take advantage of new technologies that are rapidly coming on line — broadband, powerful computers, 3 - dimensional presentation of material (ala Avatar), and open - source curricular development (ala Wikipedia). (educationnext.org)