Governors, schools chiefs unveil proposal for common math, English standards
By Nick Anderson/Washington Post
For the first time, public schools in many states would share common standards for what students should learn every year in English and math under a proposal that governors and schools chiefs made public Wednesday. The proposal, released at 10 a.m. in Georgia, is a revision of a draft that the National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School Officers circulated in March. The initiative has won favor from the Obama administration and is picking up endorsements from educators across the country. With notable exceptions, the effects on curriculum and testing would reach deeply into schools. (more...)