2012 Winter Newsletter - A Spring of Conversations

In this issue Great Lakes East continues to look at the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) as they define college and career readiness for students. Read an in-depth interview with two of our advisory board members representing universities to gain deeper insights into the role of postsecondary institutions in defining, communicating, and supporting college and career readiness and the CCSS.

Great Lakes East has always provided its readers with the most current information about the Comprehensive Center work in the Great Lakes East states. This newsletter strives to address topics that you feel are relevant and timely, and Great Lakes East values your feedback.  We are now asking for your help to make sure we continue to meet your needs by completing our current newsletter survey. Please click on the following link to go to the survey: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22EG8Q6V4JA.

Building the Bridge to College and Career Readiness: A Regional Learning Series

In 2012, the Great Lakes East and Great Lakes West comprehensive centers at Learning Point Associates (an affiliate of American Institutes for Research) designed a series to help the Midwest Common Core Consortium states collaborate, create tools, and foster continued partnerships. The purpose of the series is to help the states build state-level capacity in order to support district implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The series began with the first meeting on January 11, 2012, and ends in September 2012.

This series is a continuation and result of the interest and need that came out of the National Common Core Institute held in May 2010. Information from the national meeting is available now, and resources and information from the 2012 series, including the content specifically developed for the January event, can be found on the Regional Learning Series Google documents page, such as the College and Career Readiness Bridge Visual and the Innovation Configuration Map that have helped to frame the series.

All information from the series will be highlighted on the Great Lakes East Website and will be available soon!