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CORE Approved in TN as a Professional Development Provider - New!

CORE has been approved by the Tennessee Department of Education as a Professional Development and Technical Assistance Provider in reading and English/language arts. CORE will assist the state’s persistently low-performing schools to improve academic performance in literacy by delivering support to those struggling schools. CORE will provide intensive on-site coaching, training in proven instructional strategies, and support to promote effective literacy implementation. 

For more information about working with CORE in Tennessee, please contact us.

CORE Leadership Summit 2011 Register Today! - New!

Register now to attend CORE's two-day Leadership Summit. Interact with prominent national education speakers; researchers in literacy, English learners, special education, and math; experts in leadership; specialists in Response to Instruction (RtI); and practitioners from around the nation. 

The CORE Leadership Summit 2011 will feature a new format! Participants will select from the following tracks to gain knowledge on subjects relevant to their specific interests

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Innovative Vocabulary Booster Program - Now in Development - New!

Stanford University, in collaboration with CORE (Consortium on Reading Excellence) and SRI International, received a grant from IES (Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education) to develop, pilot, and field-test a vocabulary program for struggling adolescent 7th and 8th grade readers, including English learners. The curriculum, Content-Rich Vocabulary (CRV), includes the explicit teaching of academic and content vocabulary tied to social studies content. CORE is providing the curriculum development, implementation, and teacher training; SRI International is conducting the data analysis and evaluation.

Many, if not most, middle school students who struggle with content-area reading comprehension can decode and even read with some fluency but lack vocabulary and background knowledge. The CRV curriculum is designed for those students. It fits comfortably into an added period of between 40 and 50 minutes to supplement a regular English class. All reading passages are from informational text, with 7th grade passages linked to medieval history and 8th grade passages linked to U.S. history, in order to build knowledge.

During the 2010–2011 academic year, the project staff will conduct a final field test of the CRV curriculum in a randomized control trial. Those who have participated in the program so far have seen positive outcomes. Hear what participants are saying.

CORE and Global Partnership Schools Approved as a Turnaround School Provider in CO and WA

CORE, partnering with Global Partnership Schools, was just named by the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) as one of only 11 educational service providers that are eligible to assist with school transformation and turnaround efforts throughout the state. To read more click here.

CORE and Global Partnership were also named by the Colorado Department of Education as one of three turnaround school providers approved to help schools with all five areas of expertise sought by the state (organizational management and leadership, academic performance, learning environment, operations, and comprehensive planning). To read the full announcement from the Colorado Department of Education, please click here.

CORE and Global Partnership Schools will deliver support to struggling schools with intensive on-site coaching, proven instructional strategies, and structures to promote effective teaching and learning. This support is intended to produce successful school transformation and turnaround results at chronically low-performing in CO and WA. 

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CORE members get access to ideas and tools designed to help master effective, research-based literacy instructional practices.
 
Become part of our network of experienced experts who know what works and give you the best advice when you need it, in an exclusive online community.

CORE offers two levels of membership to fit your needs: Individual Membership and Institutional Membership.

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CORE is currently hiring full- and part-time positions -- click here for more details and position descriptions.

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