Nevada Educators Stress Need for Technology, Team Learning For Common Core

The Reno (NV) Gazette-Journal (10/10, Martinez) reports, "As education leaders scramble to implement common curriculum standards to assess student performance in all states, they understand that to effectively engage students, greater use of technology, team learning and restructured classes should be the strategies," Washoe County, Nevada, Chief Academic Officer Scott Bailey said at a recent "brainstorming session" in Reno. Bailey stressed the need to integrate students' familiarity with digital technology.