Rx for the Common Core: Toolkit for Implementing Inquiry Learning - Softcover

Providing clear explanations of inquiry-based learning in the light of the Common Core, this book is a practical and graphical guide that will serve as a much-needed primer for librarians and educators. * Presents essential questions and key concepts as the framework for efficient, effective change * Provides readers with an understanding of the basics of inquiry learning and preparation to use methods and tools to implement inquiry learning * Explains the rationale for the need to redesign instruction in the context of 21st century education * Examines the Common Core and its relationship to inquiry learning * Prepares readers to use a toolkit for implementation of the skills called for in the CCSS, such as synthesis and evaluation, and in order to train others in the implementation of inquiry-based learning and the CCSS

Mary Boyd Ratzer is a 37-year veteran teacher and school librarian at the Shenendehowa Central Schools, Clifton Park, NY. Paige Jaeger, MLIS, is a library administrator serving 84 school libraries in upstate New York.