EdWeek Update: Teachers Align Basal-Reader Lessons With Standards

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	edweek.org Open House, April 25 - 27 Free access to our special report: Math, Literacy, & Common Standards TODAY'S TOP STORY Social Entrepreneurs Try to Offer Solutions to K-12 Problems But they face intense competition for initial financial backing and pressures to design business models that will make them sustainable. For more stories, visit Education Week's homepage. Advertisement In Math Work Stations Debbie Diller presents over 70 stations for grades K-2 on beginning number concepts, addition & subtraction, place value, geometry, and measurement. You'll see how to introduce stations through whole-group & mini-lessons. Includes 300+ full-color photos from real classrooms. Preview the entire book! TODAY'S COMMENTARY What Does It Mean to Be a Good School Leader? After studying 33 successful principals from across the country, Karin Chenoweth and Christina Theokas found commonalities among them. View more Commentaries from Education Week. Follow Education Week Commentary @EdWeekComm COMMON STANDARDS Teachers Align Basal-Reader Lessons With Standards "Text dependent" questions that require students to dig deeper into their readings will be housed in an online repository. View more Common Standards stories from Education Week. TODAY'S MUST-READ Study Supports Essay-Grading Technology But researchers raise concerns about drawing overly broad conclusions about the effectiveness of the software. Preview by clicking headline, or subscribe for full access. MORE NEWS Victims of Cyberbullying Fight Back in Lawsuits (April 27, 2012, Associated Press) Federal Grants to Fuel Arts Education Smorgasboard (April 26, 2012, Curriculum Matters Blog) Seniority Still a Splinter Issue in AFT Districts (April 26, 2012, Teacher Beat Blog) 20 Percent of Kids With Developmental Delays Identified Late (April 27, 2012, On Special Education Blog) Buffalo, N.Y. Leaders Take Funding Fight to Capitol (April 26, 2012, District Dossier Blog) Indiana Voucher Program Sends Money Back to Districts (April 26, 2012, Charters & Choice Blog) Report: Improve Workforce Quality by Aligning Pre-k, Child Care (April 26, 2012, Early Years Blog) Conn.'s Malloy Faces Tough Slog to Win Support on Ed. Plans (April 26, 2012, State EdWatch Blog) MORE VIEWS Pineapples, Police, and Trust in Schools (April 26, 2012, Bridging Differences Blog) Book Review: Fiske on Stewart, A World-Class Education (April 26, 2012, BookMarks Blog) Pulling the (Parent) Trigger (April 27, 2012, Rick Hess Straight Up Blog) The Instruction War (April 27, 2012, Walt Gardner's Reality Check Blog) Your Students Went Where For Spring Break?! (April 27, 2012, Global Learning Blog) OUR COMMUNITY Comment of the Day Let's make sure our children's basic needs are being met and we'll see a lot less aggression on the playground and in society in general. —Ruthanda • View this comment and respond. Weekly Forum Discussion Students Under Arrest Some civil rights advocates and criminal justice experts believe that the police are called in too often to deal with "minor disturbances" in schools. How should schools decide when to get the authorities involved? At what point does it become impossible for a school to deal with a rule violation internally? • Share your thoughts. Follow EdWeek on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news and insight.		PHOTO BLOG Full Frame This blog from the photo editors of Education Week examines the intersection between photography and education. Using the medium of documentary photography, they focus on the people directly affected by education news and policy. • Visit this blog. MOST POPULAR STORIES 1. Reading on Science, Social Studies Teachers' Agendas 2. Strategies for Meeting All Students' Needs 3. Concern Abounds Over Teachers' Preparedness for Standards 4. Accountability Moving Beyond Math, Reading Tests 5. 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