Education Leader Network Professional Development eBulletin
December 12th, 2012
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In This Issue
Michael Fullan: Why Blended Learning?
Common Core Nonfiction Reading Standards Mark The End Of Literature
The Crisis in STEM education
Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources

A Little Humor Goes a Long Way...

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Michael Fullan: Why Blended Learning?

In this video hear the students raise their voices, teachers speak out in support of Blended Learning and educational research experts John Hattie, Michael Fullan and John Seely Brown speak to using more digital tools in the learning environment.


Common Core Nonfiction Reading Standards Mark The End Of Literature, English Teachers Say

The new guidelines are increasingly worrying English-lovers and English teachers, who feel they must replace literary greats like The Great Gatsby and Catcher in the Rye with Common Core-suggested "exemplars," like the Environmental Protection Agency's Recommended Levels of Insulation and the California Invasive Plant Council's Invasive Plant Inventory.

 

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The Crisis in STEM education
Entrepreneurs to America:
Send Us More Geeks


The crisis in STEM education has been with us for years, well before the 2005 publication of Rising Above the Gathering Storm, a National Academy of Engineering report that should have been a wake-up call. The report predicted crises in jobs, innovation, and economic growth if the country did not address the problem.

 

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Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans:
Ready-to-Use Resources
By Lauren Davis

Schools nationwide are transitioning to the Common Core--our advice to you: Don't go it alone! Our new book, Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources, shows you that teaching the Common Core State Standards doesn't have to be intimidating!

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