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Miss. embraces Common Core to make students more competitive
- 11-17-2010
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Education Week
In Switzerland, 12th-graders write essays analyzing John Fitzgerald Kennedy's proclamation that led to the Cuban Missile Crisis. In Ontario, Canada, eighth-graders create musical compositions and learn Italian musical terms. In Finland, fifth- and sixth-graders analyze how human life has changed since the invention of writing. In Hong Kong, fourth-graders visit an artist's studio and study Picasso. Lynne Munson, president and executive director of Common Core, made these observations in introducing the study, "Why We're Behind: What Top Nations Teach Their Students But We Don't." (more…)
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