We all know how to count, right? But where do you start? 1 or 0? But when you start on a journey, have you already gone 1 mile? When the stopwatch is hit, does it display 1 second? The Human Calculator, Scott Flansburg, talked with Mike Rowe on his..
I'm a huge fan of podcasts, they're great to sit back and relax while learning something new! And one of my favorites is Numberphile. They recently had a show on divisibility tricks which would come in handy for many students: These tricks ar..
September means back to school, and we’re diving into the meat of the Practice Standards! Reasoning skills have always been part of the curriculum, but they have become a prominent focus of the Common Core. These skills have also become an easy target for..
The last article, I wrote about the foundation behind the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). In this article, we begin to take the standards apart in order to understand them. Overarching the whole of the Common Core Framework, there are eight M..
In 2009, a national board met to discuss an innovation that would go on to change education. Members of school boards, educational advisory organizations, and others worked through the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) ..
