Council of Chief State School Officers

community of small Mexican restaurants painted in reds and greens… where people and their complicated lives spill into the streets” (p.15). From the Mexican students who did attend school that did not live in LA “just over a quarter had completed high school, while in Los Angeles as a whole 62 percent had high school degrees” (p.16). The Mexican community was tired of discrimination, and had to put a stop to this even if it called for walkouts and marches. A new generation was about to emerge…

Reading is fundamental. Learning in school is an ongoing process, which builds on one grade at a time. So, as educators and parents, do you want your students to have the opportunity to think outside the box or stay within the confines of the box? The National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) developed the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI). After several months of drafting the CCSSI it became official in May 2010. The primary…

Common Core State Standards ‘Balkanized’ What is the nature of the debate over CCSS – What are the key positions and who takes them? Politics and education have been intertwined since the establishment of education. Accordingly, it is no surprise that, CCSS became politically embroiled as a contemporary centerpiece document. Objectively speaking, Common Core State Standards can be defined as educational standards for both Math and English literature for K-12 students. But in addition to these…

and collection procedures, affiliate eligibility and benefits, affiliate relations and the Affiliate Resource Center; • Develops recruitment strategies to identify communities without an MHA presence to expand the MHA affiliate network to all 50 states; • Identifies and cultivates potential business relationships to identify affinity…

The Common Core State Standards were first implemented on June 2, 2010 by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) (Spring, 2016, p. 250). At first glance, the Common Core State Standards would seem like a good thing that will help ensure that our students are learning and able to keep up with other countries when it comes to the education topic. From the interview, I conducted earlier this week, I’ve gained…

School-based education was introduced to Kenyan Maasailand by the Christian missionaries and the State at varying times between 1903 and 1918 respectively. John Stauffacher, an American missionary of the Africa Inland Mission (AIM) was the first to introduce Christianity and school- based education among the Kenyan Maasai. He first established his base among the Maasai of Naivasha area in the Rift Valley in 1903. When he arrived among the Maasai, Stauffacher became friends with Maasai youths.…

2018 target can be met. (COAG Reform Council, 2013) Ensure access to early childhood education for all indigenous four years old in remote communities within five years by 2013; the target here is to ensure a nationwide access to early childhood education in remote communities by 2013 has been set as the objective. Only 4% positions for improvement were needed to attain the anticipated target of 95% preschool enrolment in remote areas by 2013 (COAG Reform Council, 2013). Halve the gap in…

Procedural Fluency According to the National Research Council (NCR) (2001), the term mathematical proficiency comprises five interwoven strands consisting of conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, strategic competence, adaptive reasoning, and productive disposition. To assist educators, NCTM provided an explanation in Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000) that suggested students will reach specific levels of conceptual understanding and procedural fluency each year (p.…

During the interwar period of 1919 to 1939, the European political arena witnessed a radical change in governmental organization. Historically this period has been defined by authoritarian Fascism and Nazism. In fact, Gino Germani a professor at the University of Buenos Aires hypothesizes that the structural tension inherent in all modern society between growing secularization and the necessity of maintaining a nationalist centred government was sufficient for the integration of causal factor in…

Levellers, a Puritan group aimed at "levelling" between rich and poor, in the Commonwealth army. Detesting the Irish as primitive, savage, and superstitious, he believed they had carried out a huge massacre of English settlers in 1641. As commander in chief and lord lieutenant, he waged a ruthless campaign against them. On his return to London in May 1650 Cromwell was ordered to lead an army to Scotland, where Charles II had been acknowledged as its new king. Fairfax refused the command; so on…