5 Big Ideas From Common Core StandardsMany districts are trying to help their teachers understand why the Common Core Standards are different from previous sets of standards. But, as often happens with “big” changes in education, educators are left to figure out the details on their own. Fortunately …

From the Christian Science Monitor: Advocates of blended learning say that, when done well, it is as much about the time kids are off-line as the time they're online – delegating more rote concepts to online instruction so that teachers can better use class time for small-group discussion, one- …