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Selecting a Great Curriculum is the First Step; Implementing it Well is a Bigger Challenge
Posted September 5, 2018
By Linda Diamond and Michelle Rodriguez
Numerous recent reports cite the difference in student learning that an effective curriculum can make. These reports include Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Studies, StandardsWork, Curriculum Research: What We Know and Where We Need to Go; Ashley Berner’s report in Thomas Fordham Institute’s Flypaper, August 2018; and Brookings report by Morgan Polikoff,, June 2018. After 25 years of working with school districts to help them select and implement high-quality curriculum, we agree. However, only a couple reports, the Economic Studies Brookings Report by Morgan Polikoff and Ashley Berner’s report, address a critical difficulty—ensuring teachers have sufficient content and curriculum knowledge to use and implement a standards-based curriculum with fidelity.
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Numbers are Everywhere, and They Don’t Bite!
Posted August 20, 2018
Numbers are all around us. Let’s teach children to embrace rather than fear numbers.
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Number Sense and Fluency
Posted February 27, 2018
This month’s CORE Excellence in Education Blog focuses on the importance of mathematical fluency and number sense as a critical foundation for entering mathematics in middle and high school.
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Students Want Interesting Math Over Real World Math
Posted August 21, 2017
Real world math does not always equal relevant math. Relevance is a function of interest.
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Clear Math Misconceptions to Make Room for New Knowledge
Posted March 26, 2017
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.
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