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Authentic Education Team

ABOUT EDUCATION; NEW STUDY FINDS LACK OF CREATIVITY By FRED M. HECHINGER THE curriculum is ”sterile.” […]
Many history and social studies teachers have asked me a question that is moving around Twitter: […]
As I have often written here, the Common Core Standards are just common sense – but that […]
from today’s Smartbrief: Student members of the Young Americans for Freedom at a school in Rome, […]
As luck would have it, in the past month 4 elementary schools used our student survey, […]
Sigh. Despite our cautions, well-meaning local change agents continue to make mistakes in how Understanding by […]
What’s the point of standardized tests? [O]n Wednesday, Barbara Byrd-Bennet, the [Chicago] district CEO, said that she […]
The current strong backlash to the Standards is completely predictable. Any time there is a major […]
The Common Core Standards make crystal clear that college and professional workplace readiness demand student ability […]
So… Over 650,000 read the previous guest post on the shadowing of two HS students. And over 250 readers […]