California panel scrutinizes common standards
By Catherine Gewertz/Education Week
If you find it interesting to track the common-standards movement, you might want to cast your eye toward the West Coast. Things are getting interesting in California. (Remember, we warned you about this.) A newly appointed commission in California is charged with reviewing the common standards and making recommendations to the State Board of Education. By the time the dinner hour rolls around on Thursday, they're supposed to have made their recommendations. (more...)