Uncommon Approaches to the Common Core: Spring Into Action

4/9/14

Spring Into Action

On Tuesday, April 8, almost 50 educators from schools, libraries, museums, nature centers, and historic sites gathered at the Buffalo Zoo for Western New York Uncommon Approaches to the Common Core: A Call for Education Collaborations. In addition to in-depth explorations of the Common Core Learning Standards in Mathematics and English Language Arts and Other Curriculum Areas, participants considered how best to form educational partnerships across disciplines and across different types of institutions. The day closed with an inspirational session - via Skype - with Marc Aronson of Rutgers University, co-author with Adrienne Mayor of The Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science. New opportunities for teachers and students are sure to become available as a result of this wonderful day.

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Uncommon Approaches to the Common Core is an annual conference aimed at classroom teachers, school librarians, public librarians, academic librarians, public historians, and representatives from museums, archives, public television, NYS historic sites, performing arts and other cultural organizations.

The purpose is to develop understanding of the Common Core with the goal to create common skills, a common base of information and common language so that conference participants will be able to effectively support teachers, students (including English-language learners and children with special needs), and parents.