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#Support1heCore on 1w|uer!
1eachers |n the News
Common Core News
1eacher kesources
V|deos
ORGANIZATIONS TO FOLLOW
Teacher Advocacy Organizations
QAAI1
Qach|evethecore
QLd4Lxce||ence
QnopeStreetGroup
QNNS1C
Q1eachIorAmer|ca
Qteachp|us
Q1N1
Non-Profits and Think Tanks
QStudentSuccess
QCInStandards
QLdrogress
Qeducanongady
WLLCCML, 1LACPL8S!
We are commlued Lo supporung Leachers as we sLrlve
Lowards lmproved educauon for all sLudenLs. ?our volce
as an educaLor ls Lhe mosL lmporLanL ln Lhe dlscusslon
abouL hlgher sLandards!

Lach week, we'll send you Common Core news,
opporLunlues Lo [oln Lhe conversauon, and Lools for your
classrooms.
WanL even more opporLunlues Lo sLand up and speak
ouL?
1eachers across Lhe counLry supporL Lhe new sLandards,
buL polluclans and pundlLs have a larger mlcrophone.
So |et's get |ouder, together -- s|gn up nLkL to rece|ve
more updates from the Co||aboranve!
#SuC811PLCC8L Cn 1Wl11L8
1weet of the Week
81[!ana8ryanL14: l #SupporuheCore b/c maLh Leachlng
8LlC8L had Loo much focus on learnlng procedures
wlLhouL any connecuon Lo appllcauons.
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HASHTAGS TO USE
#CommonCore
#CoreSLaLeSLandards
#CCSS
#lorLheCore
#SupporL1heCore
Mellssa SLugarL, Lhe ulrecLor of
1eacher CuLreach aL Lhe
Collaborauve for SLudenL Success, ls
a former hlgh school Lngllsh
Leacher and lnsLrucuonal coach
wlLh 12 years' experlence.

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need a way Lo #SupporL1heCore? 1weeL Lhese Loday!
Can sLudenLs read Moby ulck ln a #CommonCore
classroom? ?es! [Moby!e Lalks Leachlng Ahab, WhlLe
Whales & #CCSS hup://blL.ly/1uvLkrh

"1he sLandards don'L Lell me how Lo Leach, Lhey serve as
a guldeposL for me." 1eacher [marlcelamw on
#CommonCore: hup://goo.gl/Allh2x

#CommonCore creaLes opporLunlues for klds Lo creaLe
Lhelr own undersLandlng, says lowa 1eacher of Lhe ?ear
[[aneschmldL3 hup://blL.ly/1vpx42C #lor1heCore
1PlS WLLk'S PLAuLlnLS
Teachers in the News
Lducanon ost: "Lr|n Dukesh|re Defends Common
Core: A kesponse to r|nc|pa| Caro| 8urr|s" September
18, 2014: Mlddle school Leacher Lrln 8urrls responds Lo
prlnclpal Carol 8urrls' lm crluqulng Lhe Common Core
SLandards, who clalms Lhe sLandards are a "federally
mandaLed currlculum."

Ld Week: "1he Common Core |s Work|ng |n my
C|assroom" September 23, 2014: Lngllsh Leacher !e
8axLer descrlbes Lhe posluve changes he has seen ln hls
classroom as a resulL of Lhe sLandards and Lhe poLenual
Lhey have ln hls home sLaLe of kansas.

Da||y Ca||er: "Common Core Math roponents Defend
the Standards" September 23, 2014: !oseph Almelda,
Len year Leacher ln new ?ork and Massachuseus,
explalns how Lhe CCSS have helped focus and dlrecL
progresslve learnlng ln hls classroom.
Common Core News
Morn|ng Iourna|: "Area 1eachers Nav|gate Common
Core 1each|ng Standards": September 22, 2014: new
learnlng meLhods oer more ways Lo engage sLudenLs
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wlLh lessons LhaL lncorporaLe more hands on pro[ecLs
and focus on fewer sLandards.

Ld Week: "keport Shows Var|anon |n now States Stack
Up aga|nst Internanona| Standards": September 22,
2014: A sLudy from Amerlcan lnsuLuLe for 8esearch
shows wlde varlauons LhaL oen fall shorL of
lnLernauonal sLandards ln whaL sLaLes expecL sLudenLs Lo
learn.

Contra Costa 1|mes: "Math Decoded |n Iun, Lxc|nng
Ways at A|amo L|ementary": September 24, 2014:
arenLs and sLudenLs aL Alamo LlemenLary ln Callfornla
paruclpaLed ln a nlghL Lo explore new maLh Lechnlques
lnLroduced by CCSS.
1eacher kesources
Common Core osters and Lv|dence Sheets: Wonderful
and easy-Lo-use Lools for Leachers Lo use wlLh parenLs
when explalnlng Lhe Common Core SLaLe SLandards.

1w|uer 1own na|| on Common Core: Cn Cctober 2 at 8
pm L1, Learnlng llrsL Alllance (LlA) wlll hosL "1eachlng ln
a Common Core World" Lo nd ouL how Leachers and
sLudenLs are lnLeracung wlLh CCSS ln Lhe classroom uslng
Lhe hashLag #CCSSteach.
V|deos
Common Core - 1he o||ncs, the r|nc|p|es, and the
rom|se: 1he CenLer for Amerlcan rogress led a panel
dlscusslon Lo dlspel mlsconcepuons abouL Lhe
sLandards.

"I Am Lmpowered" 1he nauonal urban League's ad
campalgn hlghllghung LhaL Lhe CCSS creaLe a level
playlng eld for all sLudenLs regardless of famlly lncome
or eLhnlclLy.
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