Posts by Tyler

Kids today are master multitaskers. You’ve probably heard about this phenomenon or observed it in your students or the children in your life (or with yourself!). The Kaiser Family Foundation uses the term “media multitasking” to describe childrenmore… full post

K-8 Publishers’ Criteria for the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics One of the key goals of the Common Core State Standards is to encourage and push students to go deeper: to develop stronger skills and greater understanding. This ismore… full post

“If you think you can catch the bus, you will run for it.” –Lee Peng Yee. This quote is a favorite of mine. It’s also become one of the guiding principles behind the development of our new MATH 180 program. It says something very fundamentalmore… full post

Veteran teacher and Scholastic author Laura Robb (XBOOKS) has an interesting post today on The Washington Post’s Answer Sheet blog: “Common Core: Will it hurt struggling readers?” In it she explains a conflict she sees in the Common Coremore… full post

K-8 Publishers’ Criteria for the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics The Common Core State Standards give us a chance to take a bird’s eye view of education and instruction — to think about the COHERENCE of the system we have inmore… full post

The following is a roundup of news and opinions we’ve read about the Common Core State Standards over the last week. The Council of Great City Schools has released a report on how the biggest school districts have been rolling out the Commonmore… full post

Maybe it’s just me… But how can anyone NOT be fascinated by history? What I love about it are those times when I’m walking through my neighborhood and I see those little glimmers of history peeking through a cobblestone street, a decayingmore… full post

This is one in a series of posts examining the Common Core State Standards and the conversation surrounding their impact on teaching and learning. I’ve been thinking lately about what it means for students to be “ready for the real world” — formore… full post

The following is a roundup of news and opinions we’ve read about the Common Core State Standards over the last week. Get ready to start hearing about common science standards! Ed Week’s Curriculum Matters blog has some initial reaction to amore… full post

Despite increased attention being paid to the importance of early education and research showing clear connections between access to Pre-K and K programs and future school success, only 12 states in the U.S. guarantee and fund free, full-daymore… full post