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Signing of AB 250 takes big step toward deeper, richer learning for all students
- 10-31-2011
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Opinion by Michael Matsuda/Thoughts on Public Education
Michael Matsuda is coordinator for Quality Teacher Programs with the Anaheim Union High School District and president of the North Orange County Community College District Board of Trustees.
Among many important education bills signed by the governor in October, perhaps none was more vital than AB 250, authored by Assemblywoman Julia Brownley and sponsored by State Superintendent Tom Torlakson. Known as the Curriculum Support and Reform Act of 2011, AB 250 mandates that the state align curriculum frameworks with the new Common Core State Standards in mathematics and English language arts, an action, according to TOPed, “which will put muscle and flesh on the skeleton of the basic standards to better guide teachers on what students are expected to know and be able to do.” The members of the California Coalition for P21 (Partnership for 21st Century Education) couldn’t agree more and believe AB 250 will come to be recognized as legislation that impacts teaching and learning in California for generations to come. (more...)
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