Educators across North Carolina are experts at curating curriculum, especially when looking for alignment to standards and customizing resources based on student needs and local contexts. This fall, NC educators will have access to #GoOpenNC, a platform for sharing, evaluating and remixing openly licensed education materials.  #GoOpenNC  is an initiative led by NCDPI in collaboration with  ISKME , a national partner in open education resources. This summer, a select number of educators will have early access to #GoOpenNC in order to learn about the features of the platform and begin leading the work of statewide collaboration around curriculum curation and improvement. #GoOpenNC is looking for distinguished educators who can be leaders in curriculum review, alignment and feedback.  The #GoOpenNC Curriculum Review Academy will run  July 22nd - August 2nd  with a blend of synchronous and asynchronous engagement to allow the selected participants to work at th...

Oh my goodness! Could we throw some of this money into funding things that are really at issue like students entering kindergarten that don't know their last names, virtually no planning time, and high drop out rates would be high on my list. I'm all for strong standards but even if ccss met that need, this is ridiculous.

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