Archive | News and Information

As schools work their way toward the full implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), they are introducing new approaches to instruction, many of which provide examples of how concepts can be applied to real-life situations. For example, the CCSS will see to it that high school students learn how to think mathematically as they apply […]

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are designed to prepare K-12 students for college and the workforce. As technology plays such an important role in the daily lives of degree seekers and professionals, it should come as no surprise to see schools that have embraced the CCSS finding new ways to use technology in their classrooms. Interactive whiteboards are just one […]

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are clear and consistent, which means that once they are fully implemented, K-12 students who attend schools in each of the 45 states that have adopted them will be covering material at the same pace. This will be especially helpful to students who are growing up in military families, as these […]

Rhode Island may be the nation's smallest state, but its schools are currently undergoing big changes thanks to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). According to the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the CCSS are expected to be in place by the 2013-2014 academic year. For some school officials, the implementation of the Common […]

While school districts across Arizona have been transitioning to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for some time now, there are still many residents throughout the state who do not fully understand what the CCSS are or what they will mean for children's education. To rectify this problem, the Arizona Department of Education recently announced the launch […]

Recently, officials from Iowa’s Emmetsburg Community School Board received the preliminary Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) report from the state’s Department of Education, Emmetsburg News reported. While high schoolers met their AYP goals, the same could not be said of students from Emmetsburg’s middle school and West Elementary institution. According to John Joynt, Emmetsburg’s superintendent of […]

It has been about five years since students attending classes at North Carolina's Mooresville Graded School District first started using laptops to enhance their instruction, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported. Between then and now, Mooresville pupils have benefited greatly from these technological classroom resources. This is good news, considering the fact that District officials had originally prepared for a […]

With the new academic year comes a fresh round of standardized testing for students taking classes within Georgia's Newton County School System. Beginning on September 10, all sixth-graders will be required to take the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), the Newton Citizen reported. This testing period will run for several days, and see to it that […]

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are designed to have a positive impact on the quality of students’ education. For this reason, West Virginia’s Raleigh County School District is slowing its transition to the CCSS, the Beckley Register-Herald reported, as there is concern it would not be seamless enough. While the District has already begun […]

Before the 2014-2015 academic year comes to a close, schools throughout Louisiana will implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), according to the state’s Department of Education. While local education officials believe the CCSS will be beneficial to students, they admit they will also provide a challenge. John C. White, the Louisiana superintendent of education, […]