Real Talk Intervention

In today's episode, we take on the Texas science standards with our friend John Long, a former AP/IB/PAP biology teacher. We take on how we differentiate instruction both for at-risk students and for students who really need to be gearing up to take AP classes in a few years. And, of course, we address the ongoing controversy over those re-written evolution standards in Texas. How do those standards change our teaching?  Does the wording of the standards provide an opening for creationism in the public schools? Listen here, and don't forget to subscribe to our email list or on iTunes and Stitcher.

In today's episode we speak with two women who served on the Texas Education Agency's standards writing committee for the brand new English Language Arts TEKS. They shed light on who it is, exactly, that writes these standards we all follow, how involved the state assessment department is with the standards, and they give their opinions on how their work came out in the end. Referenced links in this episode include: Dr. Revelle's opinion piece in the Dallas Morning News where she criticizes the final ELA TEKS. The vertical alignment of the new ELAR TEKS. Additional resources that support the content of this episode that you may enjoy include: Are Common Core and the TEKS Really That Different? ACT Standards Texas College Readiness Standards