Activity – Margaret W. Ferguson

Margaret W. Ferguson replied to the topic The Common Core and creative writers in the forum Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 12 years, 6 months ago

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Thank you, Cynthia! This is a really interesting new thread! And I’m sure you’re right that the CC standards as currently written could prompt changes in the ways in which students choose […]
Margaret W. Ferguson replied to the topic narrative complexity in the forum Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 12 years, 6 months ago

I hope that anyone who’s reading this thread will take a look at what the CC Standards actually say about how to measure textual “complexity” in qualitative and quantitative terms. There is so far no room for […]
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Margaret W. Ferguson replied to the topic narrative complexity in the forum Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 12 years, 6 months ago

This is a fascinating post and I hope it opens a lively discussion of the kind of brief document the MLA might create to make a statement about what we consider a “complex reading practice.” David Laurence […]
Margaret W. Ferguson posted a new activity comment on MLA Commons 12 years, 7 months ago

Dear N.S. Boone, Here’s what MLA Director of Research David Laurence has to offer on your question–I thank him and hope this will prompt further discussion. Thank you for drawing our attention to this issue about credit hour policy! Yours, Margaret Ferguson.
David Laurence writes: ” I. . . know that the Carnegie Foundation for the…[Read more]
- N. S. Boone replied 12 years, 7 months ago
  
  Thanks very much, Margaret. I am happy to see the approach Carnegie is taking. Hopefully, Carnegie’s way, versus the tightening of control measures old time-based models, which the department of ed seems tied to, will prevail.
Margaret W. Ferguson posted a new activity comment on MLA Commons 12 years, 7 months ago

Hello Members! I’m delighted that our Group is growing! I highly recommend Claire Needell Hollander’s op ed in the New York Times today (Sunday June 9); entitled “No Learning Without Feeling.” She offers a cogent critique of the Common Core authors’ decision to “remain neutral on the question of whether my students should read Shakespeare,…[Read more]
Margaret W. Ferguson posted a new activity comment on MLA Commons 12 years, 8 months ago

THANKS FOR JOINING! BEST, Margie Ferguson
Margaret W. Ferguson replied to the topic next steps? in the forum Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 12 years, 8 months ago

Thanks, Stacey! There is going to be a MLA session at the NCTE Convention this coming November, too, with David Laurence and Paula Krebs. I’ll ask them to put up more information, and also ask Michael Holquist to […]
Margaret W. Ferguson started the topic next steps? in the forum Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 12 years, 8 months ago

Dear Colleagues,

Several members of the MLA Executive Council are eager to strengthen our Association’s ties with K-12 teachers in order to work collaboratively with other stakeholders to contribute to ongoing […]

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Margaret W. Ferguson

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