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Commentary
3.24.2010
Curriculum & Instruction

Like the tide, great standards lift all boats

Kathleen Porter-Magee

There's a debate brewing about how much???if at all???great standards contribute to education reform. This week, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial saying that they are not as important to student achievement as universal choice.

Commentary
3.23.2010
Curriculum & Instruction

Common Core education standards get A- and B from Fordham experts

Kathleen Porter-Magee

Anyone who's been following the debate over national standards knows that two weeks ago, the National Governors Association (NGA) together with the Council of Chief State Schools Officers (CCSSO) released the much-anticipated public draft of the K-12 math and English language arts (ELA) Common Core State Standards.[quote]