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Inquiry and Integration Across the Curriculum: Global Citizenry
A major goal of social studies instruction is to create engaged citizens capable of making informed and reasoned decisions for the public good. More recently, the idea of global citizenry has come...
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Inquiry and Integration Across the Curriculum | Natural Selection and Adaptation
Steve Jenkins’s book Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution (Houghton Mifflin, 2002) raises two intriguing questions about the millions of plants and animals living on Earth: Why have so many forms of...
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Work and Wages: Inquiry Across the Curriculum | On Common Core
Stories about labor and the economy continue to dominate headline news. Statistics reflect the growing income gap as debates rage about raising the minimum wage, and tales about the underemployed...
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The Wrong Villain: Critics Should Focus on Race to the Top | On Common Core
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are under attack from many arenas, but critics are not focusing on the real target. They should instead be honing in on Race to the Top (RttT), a $4.35 billion...
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Inquiry and Integration Across the Curriculum: Measurement
Have you used a tape measure or a ruler lately? Checked your watch? Weighed yourself? Figured out what coins to give a cashier? If you have, then you know how important measurement is in your daily...
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Show, Don’t Tell: A Common Core Tenet Applies to Our Roles
he Common Core State Standards (CCSS) offer librarians the opportunity to demonstrate their role in student achievement. That role has expanded from resource provider to curriculum leader; those...
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When Racing to the Top Slows Us Down | On Common Core
One aspect of my job that I enjoy thoroughly is collaborating with teachers and librarians in different settings, schools, and states. Traveling around the country, from Cambridge, MA, to Wasilla, AK,...
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