January 12, 2016
Forty-five states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands have formally adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for K-12 education “to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce.”
Many educators, educational consultants and other experts interviewed for this white paper agree that the Common Core standards do far more than merely shift curriculum topics around from grade to grade; they aspire to truly enable the next generation of U.S. students to succeed in college and in work by introducing new rigor and demanding new analytical and evidence-based argument skills.
Yet, despite such widespread adoption and clear importance (given the nation’s slide in educational standings and workforce readiness vis a vis other countries), there is also considerable misunderstanding of the Common Core.
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