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Let the common-core debate begin
- 06-03-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
The drafters of the common-core state standards released their final version Wednesday with fanfare and the endorsement of a slew of educators and political leaders in Atlanta. The debate now shifts to state capitals, including Sacramento, where the question that must be answered in two months can be reframed: Is what’s good for the nation – K-12 academic standards in math and English language arts that are more demanding than most states now have – also good for California? Preceding that question is another: Can Californians who care about these matters engage in a dispassionate analysis of common core standards and associated issues of cost and testing without becoming defensive and retreating to the positions they had in the ‘90s, when they fought over the current state math standards? (more...)
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