Implementing Common Core Standards in Independent Charter Schools
By Shawn Stelow Griffin, The Finance Project In late 2009, the National Governor’s Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) announced a joint effort to create...
View ArticleGreetings from the New York State English Council Conference!
Lisa DiGaudio - Founding Board Member, New Dawn Charter School, NYC One of my favorite activities to partake in the fall is attending the New York State English Council Conference, held at the Desmond...
View ArticleHow to Implement Common Core into Your School Curriculum
Lisa DiGaudioFounding Board Member, New Dawn Charter High SchoolCurriculum Coordinator, Lefferts Garden Charter School In an earlier blog post, I introduced this blog series as a means of talking...
View ArticleCommon Core Shift 1: Balancing the Literacy Beam
Lisa DiGaudioCurriculum Developer for Charter Schools I want to get the dialogue going around the curricular shifts for Common Core. This can be so difficult for schools that are well-entrenched in...
View ArticleMath Matters in Focus: Shift 1
By Lisa DiGaudio, Founding Principal of New Dawn Charter School To implement the Common Core, you need to think in terms of 12 “shifts” that need to be made—6 in math and 6 in English language arts....
View ArticleCommon Core Shift 2: Knowledge in the Disciplines for Grades 6-12
By Lisa DiGaudio, Founding Principal of New Dawn Charter School To implement the Common Core, you need to think in terms of 12 “shifts” that need to be made—6 in math and 6 in English language arts....
View ArticleCommon Core and Data: How do we do this?
Lisa DiGaudio, Principal of New Dawn Charter High School So how do we know that we are meeting the rigors of common core when we still can’t figure out how to apply growth outcomes to the New York...
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