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Why Common Core Standards implementation is slow
- 09-16-2011
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Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post
Funding concerns and inadequate guidance from state officials are two key reasons that the implementation of the new Common Core State Standards in public school districts across the country is going slow this school year, according to a new survey by the nonprofit Center on Education Policy. The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in English language arts and math are an attempt to standardize across what students learn from kindergarten through 12th grade, and have been a big part of the Obama administration education reform platform. Though not mandated, states were encouraged by the administration to adopt them, and, so far, 44 states and the District of Columbia have adopted them. (more...)
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