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Tag: Common Core

  • The Common Core Initiative, Education Outcomes, and American Indian/Alaska Native Students: Observations and Recommendations

    Many educators and policymakers in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities are concerned that the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) will fall short of their goal to ensure the preparation of all students for college and/or career. This paper explores how the CCSS could affect AI/AN students, and examines how to best implement the standards to increase…

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  • From Edweek.org: Technology in Education: An Overview

    An excerpt: Technology is everywhere in education: Public schools in the United States now provide at least one computer for every five students. They spend more than $3 billion per year on digital content. Led by the federal government, the country is in the midst of a massive effort to make affordable high-speed Internet and…

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  • From The Rapid City Journal: Adding Native American Education Part of State Ed Plan

    PIERRE | For the first time in South Dakota, courses about Native Americans will be among the required subjects schools must teach. The state Board of Education adjusted the schedule for reviewing teaching standards Thursday and added Native American education for all as a subject for the first time. The revised schedule still calls for…

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  • The Common Core Initiative, Educational Outcomes and American Indian/Alaska Native Students: Observations and Recommendations

    This monograph explores the ways in which large-scale school reform efforts play out in American Indian/Alaska Native communities and schools, starting from a historical and cultural perspective, and focusing on the translation of research into concrete steps leading to American Indian/Alaska Native student academic success and personal well-being. For more information, click here.

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  • Via TheAtlantic.com: Native Math

    A unique approach to math helps boost achievement for American Indian children—and it shares striking parallels with the Common Core. An excerpt: On one of the last days of school at Wyoming Indian Elementary School in the spring, Cheryl Williams is playing a game of “8-plus” with Atsa, a first-grader with a round, reflective face…

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