Six Ways The Common Core Is Good For Students

TROUBLE VIEWING THIS EMAIL? VIEW IT ONLINE IN THIS ISSUE: Rate Student Assessments » Who's Behind Anti-Worker Laws? » Six Reasons Why the Common Core is Good for Students Teachers from around the country agree: despite the challenges of implementation, the new standards promise lasting benefits for today's students. Rebooting Professional Development As demands on student achievement increase, will schools do away with wasteful, 'sit and get' workshops? How Do High-Performing Nations Evaluate Teachers? Hint: Not like we do in the United States. Common Core: Get It Right NEA offers implementation support and calls for tests to "assess what teachers teach and what students actually learn in the classroom." How to Get Students to Read This Summer Resources and ideas to ensure kids make books a part of their break. Custodian Helps Students Shine For 24 years, Charles Clark has mentored, inspired, and supported students in need, an amazing career that has gained him national recognition. STEM Educator Named National Teacher of the Year "What I see in these teachers today is the state of public education in the country today," said Washington high school teacher Jeff Charbonneau of his fellow Teacher of the Year nominees, "I firmly believe we are a nation of succeeding schools." More Top Stories History teacher to lawmakers: It's time to find better forms of assessment and stop robbing students of a rich education » Love your student assessments or hate them? Review them online » Resources for teaching Asian Pacific Islander heritage » Who's behind the acts of anti-worker governors? Peek behind the curtain » Disappearing Pencils Tired of scrambling to find pencils for unprepared students? Or wondering what happened to all the spare pencils you once had? Ms. Reid has a solution, and it won't cost you a dime. Browse hundreds of teacher-tested tips or share your own ideas » Find more education news at NEAToday.org »  •  Learn about NEA advocacy at Education Votes » Unsubscribe  •  Forward to a Friend  •  Privacy Policy  •  Contact Us Published by the National Education Association, 1201 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036-3290 ADD NEWS@NEA.ORG TO YOUR LIST OF APPROVED SENDERS TO ENSURE DELIVERY. YOU ARE SUBSCRIBED AS PKSELMATHJALEEL.JARIYA@BLOGGER.COM.