Our most vulnerable students also require structured materials designed specifically to fill learning gaps Back in September 2018 I wrote about the importance of selecting and fully implementing a great curriculum with excellent support and ongoing professional learning. This is a huge and important step in accelerating achievement for all students. But is that enough? […]

A shining light of education left us on February 15, 2019. Siegfried Engelmann, known as Zig to those of us who knew and adored him, was a genius. His expertise was figuring out and “engineering” instruction so that children learned to read and do math successfully and at advanced levels starting in kindergarten. Despite its […]

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 Dean Ballard, Director of Mathematics, CORE, Inc.) Numbers are all around us. Let’s teach children to embrace rather than fear numbers. Interested in more great professional learning resources for Math? Check out another CORE blog: Getting Math Group Work to Work

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. Interested in more great professional insights on mathematical fluency and number sense? Check out this Webinar: Mathematical Fluency and Number Sense: Techniques, Access and Sustainability for All […]

CORE’s Director of Math, Dean Ballard, delivered a presentation, “Implementation of ELD Standards in Math Classrooms,” at the CMC (California Mathematics Council) South on October 28, 2017. Download his presentation below. DOWNLOAD POWERPOINT DOWNLOAD HANDOUT

Real world math does not always equal relevant math. Relevance is a function of interest. Interested in more great professional learning resources for educators? Check out another CORE blog: Getting Math Group Work to Work

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.

Clear Instruction + Engagement = Math Fun I was working in a school district near Seattle a few weeks ago, doing math professional learning in the form of lesson studies in middle school math classes. Super fun time. In one sixth grade class I was teaching a lesson on “Finding the Percent of a Number.” […]

Coaches are a powerful force in helping ensure effective mathematics instruction throughout a school. Below are resources you can use to support your coaching practice.   PreK-12 Math Coach Job Description Generic description for a math coach position. DOWNLOAD WORDDOWNLOAD PDF

The number of grants available to schools through federal funding is at an all-time high. CORE products and services can be funded through the federal grant programs listed below. We’re committed to helping you take advantage of the resources available. For assistance completing a grant application, please contact us. Schoolwide Title I programs Schoolwide Title […]

Read CORE founder Linda Diamond’s Ed Week commentary on the Common Core A new disorder seems to have swept the nation: Common Core State Standards Syndrome. This malady is characterized by sharply polarized positions—worshiping the common core as schools’ salvation, or condemning it as on the path to Armageddon. The clinical manifestation is similar: op-eds in […]