Sunday, August 2, 2009

Common Core & Federal Dollars LInked?

An interesting editorial in the NY Times (July 30th).  It clearly linked states' adoption of the Common Core Standards to Federal Government funds.  See below:

The president and the secretary are rightly interested in replacing a wild patchwork of standards with coherent common standards and tests that would allow parents to compare their schools with others. The government cannot and should not write those standards.  But states that have committed to joining, say, the standards consortium started by the National Governors Association will be favored in the funding competition over states that have not. More consideration will eventually be given to states that develop plans for adopting internationally benchmarked K-through-12 standards that build toward college and career readiness.

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