Jocelyn Pickford

Philadelphia

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Public education advocate and aspiring expert. Partner at Waypoint Education Partners. Lover of food and travel. Views my own.

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Curriculum That Counts

Jan 23, 2024 | nasbe.org | Sy Doan |Jocelyn Pickford |Kate Poteet

Our refereed journal, the State Education Standard, includes articles by subject-matter experts, who provide insight into education policy issues that are significant for state boards of education. An editorial advisory board comprising state board members reads and comments on drafts of each major article of the Standard prior to its approval for publication.
What Role Do States Play in Selecting K-12 Textbooks?

Jan 23, 2024 | nasbe.org | Sy Doan |Jocelyn Pickford |Kate Poteet

A network of states move the needle on quality without usurping local control.
States Take Many Paths to Advance High-Quality Curriculum and Align Professional Learning

Jan 23, 2024 | nasbe.org | Jocelyn Pickford |Kate Poteet |Sy Doan

State boards can take a lesson from the work of leading states.
The Unrealized Promise of High-Quality Instructional Materials

Jan 23, 2024 | nasbe.org | David Steiner |Sy Doan |Jocelyn Pickford

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” —Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two CitiesIn the richly heterogeneous United States, teachers largely decide what students learn. Even in states where state boards adopt a long list of instructional materials, districts can get waivers to substitute their own choices.[1] And even when districts do pick materials, teachers do not necessarily teach them in toto.
How Background Knowledge Builds Good Readers and Why Knowledge Building ELA Curricula Are Vital

Jan 23, 2024 | nasbe.org | Ruth Wattenberg |Sy Doan |Jocelyn Pickford

A common base of content knowledge and coherent, comprehensive, and sequential curricula to deliver it are prerequisites for reading comprehension. Most students are not getting what they need.
Bright spots and a missed opportunity in new bipartisan call to action

Oct 4, 2023 | assessmenthq.org | Chad Aldeman |Jocelyn Pickford |Dale Chu |Josh Parrish

Bright spots and a missed opportunity in new bipartisan call to action Posted at 12:47h in News and Resources By: Chad Aldeman, Jocelyn Pickford, and Dale Chu In a refreshing display of collaboration, the Building Bridges initiative recently released a call to action to “quickly and dramatically improve the learning opportunities for today’s students.” They diagnose the problems in a clear but sobering way: The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated a crisis in our education system—with student...