The longer I review the learning expectations of the ELA Common Core standards, the more it becomes obvious to me how teachers will need to work collaboratively to help students learn reading and writing to the depths that will be needed to meet these new standards. Working collaboratively on the same topics across disciplines will [...]

As I listen to presentations on the new Common Core standards being rolled out all across the nation, it strikes me how important it is for all teachers to be strong teachers of reading and writing no matter what discipline they teach. No longer can teachers  leave “teaching reading and writing” to the English or [...]