CAST UDL Book Builder
This is a free online tool to create and/or work interactively with students to create books. It also offers strategies to teachers on how to best use the tool.
First Nations Schools Report Points to Education Gap
In this short article, CBC News summarizes an evaluation that found that Canada’s First Nations’ schools (native students on reserves) have lower quality teaching, an inferior curriculum, and fail to provide proper services for children with special needs, compared to other Canadian students. The evaluation used surveys, case studies, interviews, expenditure analyses, and other data, concluding that the problems are […]
NGSS Demystified: A Toolkit for Training Teachers
This toolkit, provided by the California Academy of Sciences, facilitates training of K-12 educators on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The toolkit is organized into roughly 30-minute activities designed to introduce and familiarize educators with the NGSS, as well as each of its three dimensions (Science and Engineering Practices [SEPs], Disciplinary Core Ideas [DCIs], […]
Creativity at the Core Education Modules
Creativity at the Core is a California statewide initiative that provides professional learning modules focused on many key topics that support arts learning and Common Core Standards. The modules are free and hosted by the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association Statewide Arts Initiative. There are 17 modules, and each module includes videos and downloadable […]
Common Core State Standards Implementation Survey
This online form of California’s Common Core State Standards Implementation Survey lists all the questions asked in the survey. Survey questions are grouped into five categories: general implementation, professional learning, instructional materials, assessment, and communications and outreach. The purpose of this online form is that it can be used as a reference by local educational […]
Professional Learning Modules for the Common Core State Standards – Literacy in Science
The California Department of Education, in partnership with the California Science Project, WestEd/K-12 Alliance, the Orange County Office of Education, and the Riverside County Office of Education, has developed a series of professional learning modules focused on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The resource discussed in this review is specifically focused on “Literacy in […]