Common Core Gives Nod to Digital Skills

Education Week: Despite requiring some technology use, the Common Core State Standards for English/language arts don't do enough to ensure that students become effective digital readers, some literacy experts say.

"At the top level, they're saying, yes, we recognize literacy means being digitally literate," said Bridget Dalton, an associate professor of literacy studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "But when you go to specific standards in reading, there's not a lot there to guide you."

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