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Q&A Collections: Implementing the Common Core

By Larry Ferlazzo — July 20, 2021 4 min read
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During the summer, I am sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past 10 years. You can see all those collections from the first nine years here.

Here are the ones I’ve published so far:

The 11 Most Popular Classroom Q&A Posts of the Year

Race & Racism in Schools

School Closures & the Coronavirus Crisis

Classroom-Management Advice

Best Ways to Begin the School Year

Best Ways to End the School Year

Student Motivation & Social-Emotional Learning

Today’s theme is on implementing the common core. You can see the list of posts following this excerpt from one of them:

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Kevin Jepson, Elizabeth Iwaszewicz, Heidi Pace, Cathy Beck, Gayle Westerberg, and Julie Goldman contribute their thoughts on how English-language learners can meet the Common Core State Standards.

Tan Huynh, Stephaney Jones-Vo, Shelley Fairbairn, Bret Gosselin, Mary Amanda (Mandy) Stewart, Emily Phillips Galloway, Nonie Lesaux, Stela Radovanović, Pete Lawrence, and Betsy J. Tregar offer their responses to a question about ELLs and the common core.

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Sarah Cooper, Michael Fisher, Ruchi Agarwal-Rangnath, Jody Passanisi, and Eugenia Mora-Flores share their thoughts on the impact of the Common Core State Standards on social studies classrooms.

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Jennifer Hesseltine, Kenny McKee, Erik M. Francis, Wayne Journell, and Dave Stuart Jr. contribute their ideas about the social studies connection to the Common Core State Standards.

Christopher Lehman, Cris Tovani, Pernille Ripp, Jan Burkins, and Kim Yaris contribute their thoughts.

Sonja Cherry-Paul, Dana Johansen, Stephanie Harvey, Julie Goldman, Diana Sisson, and Betsy Sisson are the featured guests in this post.

Kimberly Carraway, Katherine S. McKnight, Harvey F. Silver, Amy Benjamin, Nancy Boyles, and Rita Platt—along with readers—share their ideas.

Kathryn Haydon, Lindsey Moses, and Lori DiGisi contribute their thoughts.

This post features responses from Regie Routman, Katherine S. McKnight, and Michael W. Smith.

Several ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog—Nancy Steineke, Sean McComb, Nancy Frey, Doug Fisher, Bill Himmele, and Pérsida Himmele—provide responses here.

In this post, guest responses come from ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Cheryl B. Dobbertin, Ilse O’Brien, Katherine S. McKnight, and Regie Routman.

Sonja Cherry-Paul, Dana Johansen, Mike Fisher, Andrew Miller, and Amy Roediger share their advice.

Charlene Stone, Jeremy Hyler, and Harry Dickens contribute their suggestions.

Bill Zahner, Ben Spielberg, Gladis Kersaint, Denisse R. Thompson, Maria Montalvo-Balbed, and Denise Huddlestun share their suggestions.

This post includes three joint commentaries from Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher, Tammy Mulligan and Clare Landrigan, and Aaron Brock and Jody Passanisi.

Read responses from three ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog: Wendi Pillars, Amy Benjamin, and Christopher Lehman.

This piece features commentaries from Amy Benjamin and Alice Mercer and from many readers.

Heather Wolpert-Gawron, Kathy Glass, and Carol Jago share their ideas.

This post shares commentaries from ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Mary Tedrow, Ray Salazar, and Tanya Baker.

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This post features commentaries from educator/authors Christopher Lehman, Amy Benjamin, and Ben Curran.

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Teachers Alice Mercer and Dina Strasser contribute their thoughts, as do many readers.

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This post includes responses from ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog Diane Staehr Fenner, William and Pérsida Himmele, Debbie Arechiga, and Julie Dermody.

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Along with comments from readers, this post features two special contributions: one from the Understanding Language team at Stanford and the other a joint response from educator/authors Maria G. Dove and Andrea Honigsfeld.

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Three author ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog—Amy Benjamin, Ben Curran, and Heather Wolpert-Gawron—contribute guest responses here.

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