Blog DAVID CONLEY: DECONSTRUCTING COLLEGE READINESS Share This Post Education DAVID CONLEY: DECONSTRUCTING COLLEGE READINESS By redkudzu_admin on December 5th 2013 No Comments / 174 views David Conley is a policy analyst and professor of educational policy and leadership at the University of Oregon. We asked him what it means to be college ready today and how students can acquire research skills for succeeding in college and their careers. (Interview posted: December 5, 2013) In educational circles, phrases like “college readiness” and “Common Core State Standards” can be fighting words, inviting debate and dissention among educators, librarians, students, and parents. Then there’s David Conley. His life’s work has been to research college readiness and related policy issues. For decades he’s asked, “What does it take to make students succeed in college?” A renowned policy analyst and researcher, David is Professor of educational policy and leadership at the University of Oregon and the CEO and CSO of the educational policy group, Educational Policy Improvement Center. In October 2013 we interviewed David, asking him what it means to be college ready today, and how that definition will change in the coming years and decades. We also discussed his latest book, Getting Ready for College, Careers, and the Common Core (2013) and how he believes we can help students acquire the research skills they will need to navigate an increasingly crowded, complicated, and confusing web of information so they will succeed in college and in their careers. Read more… Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Login with: Continue with Facebook Continue with Google Continue with Twitter Common Core Share This Post redkudzu_admin The goal of this site is to give information. Whether from national sites or locally in Georgia. Related Articles The ‘Truly Frightening’ Thing a Texas Teacher Allegedly Told One Mother November 24th 2014 Uncommon uprising September 20th 2013 Common Core will lead to misery, not higher achievement May 5th 2016