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Free Breakfast Seminar: Understanding Dyslexia, September 15 (San Diego, CA)
Posted August 9, 2017
Join us for this free seminar to enhance your understanding of dyslexia and gain knowledge to effectively support students with dyslexia.
Dale W. Webster, Ph.D., Chief Academic Officer for Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education (CORE), will share:
- What dyslexia is and isn’t
- Root causes and screening for dyslexia
- Effective instructional practices to address students’ needs
Every student can be a strong reader. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insight into best practices to remediate children with identified reading difficulty.
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Sign up now for the CORE Online Elementary Reading Academy
Posted July 5, 2017
The nationally-acclaimed CORE Reading Academy is online! The next course starts September 28, 2017.
Take the 7-session course on your own time at your pace over 7 weeks. CORE Senior Instructors facilitate the course, which combines interactive video models, collaborative discussions, readings, live webinars, screencasts, and the opportunity to earn graduate college credit. Collaborate in an intellectual community as you reflect on a range of new ideas and consider the implications of these new ideas for your practice as educators.
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CORE Academic Quarterly Newsletter, Spring 2017
Posted May 30, 2017
Welcome to the Spring 2017 edition of the CORE Academic Quarterly newsletter!
In the Leadership Corner section, we provide an overview of an excellent new book, The Internal Coherence Framework, which presents a systemic approach for developing the conditions for continuous improvement in schools.
In the Marvelous Mathematician, we address the importance of teaching math vocabulary.
In the Reading Expert, we conclude our ongoing conversation about reading intervention with a review of a recent report titled, “What is the evidence base to support reading interventions for improving student outcomes in grades 1-3?”
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Pivot Learning Acquires Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education, Inc. (CORE) Through a Generous Gift from Owners
Posted May 22, 2017
Oakland, CA – On May 22, 2017, the Pivot Learning Board of Directors approved the acquisition of the Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education, Inc. (CORE) through a generous gift from the founder and owner Bill Honig, as well as owners Catherine Honig and Linda Diamond. This gift brings together two of the longest tenured and most respected education service providers to districts and schools in California and the nation.
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CORE’s Approach Aligns to New Report about the Importance of Good Curriculum
Posted May 11, 2017
A recent study published by the The Aspen Institute stresses the importance of integrating curriculum into professional learning and teacher training. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute has written a good review on the report, which aligns with CORE’s approach that teacher training should be connected to curriculum.
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