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CORE’s Excellence in Education Blog post this month is on the importance of clearing out math misconceptions in order to make room for new knowledge. See what happened during one math professional learning session when students were certain about the wrong right answer.

Welcome to the Winter 2017 edition of the CORE Academic Quarterly newsletter! In this second of a two-part series on reading interventions, we will continue the discussion around new developments in the intervention research and how they can be applied to the work in your schools. In the Reading Expert section of the Fall 2016 issue, we […]

Clear Instruction + Engagement = Math Fun I was working in a school district near Seattle a few weeks ago, doing math professional learning in the form of lesson studies in middle school math classes. Super fun time. In one sixth grade class I was teaching a lesson on “Finding the Percent of a Number.” […]

Don’t miss the latest CORE Academic Quarterly newsletter! In the Reading Expert column of this issue, you will find the first of a two-part series on reading interventions, where we discuss some new developments in the intervention research and how this can be applied to your schools. In this issue, we address some advances in […]

From Education Week States and school districts that get federal funding to support students who are English-language learners, can use that money to support long-term ELLs and ELLs in special education, as well as to help figure out how those students are progressing, according to new Every Student Succeeds Act guidance released by the U.S. […]

Coaches are a powerful force in helping ensure effective mathematics instruction throughout a school. Below are resources you can use to support your coaching practice.   PreK-12 Math Coach Job Description Generic description for a math coach position. DOWNLOAD WORDDOWNLOAD PDF

EdReports.org: Free reviews of K-12 instructional materials. CAST—About Universal Design for Learning Education Trust EdSource National Center on Response to Intervention National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) USDOE Publications and Resources Crisis on the Coast: The Bay Coastal Foster Youth and Homeless Student Populations: New study shows 23% spike in homelessness leaves 1 in 10 Monterey […]

The Word Intelligence program is designed to boost the vocabulary and word knowledge of struggling adolescent readers, including English learners. This content-rich vocabulary supplemental program is designed to augment a standard English course for students who are able to decode and read with relative fluency, yet lack vocabulary. This lack of vocabulary can in turn […]

The number of grants available to schools through federal funding is at an all-time high. CORE products and services can be funded through the federal grant programs listed below. We’re committed to helping you take advantage of the resources available. For assistance completing a grant application, please contact us. Schoolwide Title I programs Schoolwide Title […]

Good resources for the latest ideas in research-based math instruction. IES Guides on Teaching Mathematics Inside Mathematics Math Ed Leadership (NCSM) Math Progressions at University of Arizona Mathematics Assessment Project (MARS) National Council of Teachers of Mathematics National Math Panel Teaching Channel

Consult these sites for the latest information about and resources for research-based literacy instruction. AdLit.org Alliance for Excellent Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education: Adolescent Literacy Research

Colorin Colorado Stanford University Understanding Language Talking Teaching Network

Congratulations to CORE’s partner school district Lake Washington School District in Redmond, Washington, for receiving state recognition for 25 out of 258 schools statewide! Click here to read the district’s community announcement.

We are excited to announce that CORE has partnered with Center for the Collaborative Classroom to deliver professional development in California for the 2016-2017 school year. This partnership builds on Collaborative Classroom’s literacy programs and CORE’s long-term commitment to implementation support services that help customers build their own capacity for effective instruction by laying a […]

South Carolina’s Read to Succeed (R2S) was enacted to ensure that all South Carolina students become strong readers, capable of understanding complex text. The requirements are designed to equip all teachers with the knowledge and competencies necessary to be effective teachers of reading. As an approved professional development provider of the R2S Foundations in Reading […]