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California could adopt national English, math standards
- 07-26-2010
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By Sharon Noguchi/San Jose Mercury News
Think of what you've read in recent days, and the list might include a Facebook post about a friend's Grand Tetons vacation, an online review of the Droid X phone and an explanation of why your insurance isn't covering your latest doctor's visit. Yet children in school read mostly fiction, from "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to "Macbeth." In a few years, K-12 students' reading lists may expand to include more of that other stuff: more multimedia texts, scientific and technical articles, persuasive arguments and other nonfiction — and fewer storybooks and novels. (more...)
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