If you're a friend of mine here at scr.consulting (or even better, if we're friends in real life), you know that I love the College and Career Readiness/Common Core State Standards. They provide direction and structure to our classrooms and make our lives easier. But as a standards implementation strategist/consultant/trainer, one teency weency issue comes up often when I'm teaching others The One True Way: "I don't understand rigor." Join the club. As you probably know, ther

I'm on my high horse about soft skills standards lately. Actually, I've been up there for about 2 years now and have yet to get down. Talk about being saddle-sore. But seriously, you (we) need soft skills standards. And what better way to accomplish this than through a Grass Roost Standards Initiative? WIOA's Recommendation 7 from “Time for the US to Reskill?” (p.52) specifically addresses the fact that educators and stakeholders must “support action with evidence” by gath