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Common Core State Standards Resources
For the Common Core State Standards to succeed and have the maximum effect, they also need to be part of a well-rounded, whole child approach to education. John Kendall's book Understanding Common Core State Standards puts the standards in context and suggests ways to overcome challenges.
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Free ASCD Common Core Webinars
ASCD's Common Core webinars support educators implementing the new standards. Different webinars discuss how schools can best transition to the new standards; assessment shifts that may result; various effects adoption of the Common Core State Standards have on education policy, from the Department of Education down to the school-district level; and how to bring a well-rounded, whole child approach to the standards.
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Five Essential College and Career Skills
Middle school teacher and author Heather Wolpert-Gawron writes about the skills students will need in higher education and the workplace and the strategies teachers can use to develop these skills.
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One World Education
The One World Curriculum is an innovative curriculum designed for middle and high school teachers that is built around student writing about personal experiences with cultural, local, and global issues.
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Evaluating Teacher Accountability
Is teaching art a matter of inspiration, genetics, or a combination of several factors? What are the expectations for teachers at different stages of their careers—beginning, journeyman, and master? And how can administrators use accountability to promote a culture of high aspirations and a positive teaching environment where teachers are trusted and treated as the professionals they are?
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Colleges, Careers, Citizenship
 "College- and career-ready" has become a catchphrase for public schools. But what does it actually mean? It makes sense for schools to hold themselves accountable not just for student proficiency scores and graduation rates, but also for students' success after graduation. Be sure to read this month's Educational Leadership to see how different authors and experts highlight varying aspects of college and career readiness.
Although college is a worthwhile option that should be available to those who desire it, career and citizenship goals are also crucial and often neglected. The ASCD Express articles that follow show how high schools are helping all students set and achieve high college, career, and citizenship goals as they provide career-readiness options and further 21st century learning skills.
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College and Career:
Creating a Culture of Opportunities
The EPIC Academy, a charter school in Chicago, seeks to ensure the college and career success of every one of its students in a city where only 6 percent of its high school freshmen go on to get a college degree by the time they turn 25.
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Early College High School Prepares Students for Success
 Building a school culture that fosters students' academic skills and expectations for college and skilled occupations is more likely with an early college high school program. Such programs support students' efforts to craft their own future in postsecondary education.
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The Promise of Career Tech
Career and technical education, often misunderstood in a college-prep world, can provide the rigor, skills, and real-world experience that students need to succeed in both the workplace and in college.
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Connect with Career-Bound Students
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Seven Keys to College Readiness
 Paying attention to certain college-readiness milestones throughout a K–12 education, especially in reading and math, can help students ensure they make it in college without remediation.
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Douglas Reeves:
The Assessment Gap in Career and College Readiness
Critical thinking, communication, creativity, and collaboration are keys to college and career readiness, but schools need to assess these skills if they want students to master them.
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Tech for Teachers:
Digital Portfolios Demonstrate Accountability
In an age of increasing school accountability, one alternative that allows for greater range in assessment and that actually encourages student learning and sharing is the student portfolio.
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My Back Pages:
Meeting Public Demands for Higher Education (1956)
The dramatic increase in college attendance in the 1950s prompted the dean of Harvard's education school to suggest that community colleges in partnership with four-year colleges could help fill the growing need for higher learning.
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Civics in Action Motivates Students
  In action civics programs, students choose an issue they care about, which guarantees their motivation to work on it, write Scott Warren and Daniel Millenson. By engaging in their communities, students better understand the relevance of education and increase their academic motivation and achievement.
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