By Suzan Mullane. Well, three cheers for Bridging-Apps and its creator Sami Rahman! BridgingApps is a website where educators can explore recommended vetted lessons. Rahman’s Review of Lesson Apps are not only described in detail given a visual simulation, but ranked in quality given 1 to 5 stars. Quality control counts; our students demand it. Special education teachers, speech therapists and the students who have used them are involved in assigning the star quality. Here’s

By Suzan Mullane. Today, I talked to a veteran high school principal who discussed his concerns regarding the rigor of Common Core. Yes, I’m a bit worried. Our AP classes and honor students will master the extra rigor quite successfully; in fact, when we conducted our curriculum alignment evaluations, as compared to Common Core, our AP and honors class curriculums were quite close to CC standards. My concern is for our students with disabilities and our large bilingual popula