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That's the goal of sweeping new education benchmarks released Wednesday called the Common Core State Standards, a project that aims to replace a hodgepodge of educational goals varying wildly from state to state with a uniform set of expectations for students. It's the first time states have joined together to establish what students should know by the time they graduate high school.
As long as it doesn't pull anybody down, participation is voluntary, and individual states can pick and choose. If this is followed too closely, it seems to this noob that the Department of Education might try to step in and start regulating things. The DoE is encouraging this, FWIW. |