Common Core National Standards Draft Released

"There is something fundamentally antidemocratic about relinquishing control of the public education policy agenda to private foundations run by society's wealthiest people"

~Diane Ravitch
Bridging Differences

Core Standards Downloads

Education Week: "Draft Common Standards Elicit Kudos and Criticism"

The Washington Post: "The Problems with the Common Core Standards"

NPR: "Education Panel Unveils Core K-12 Standards

Washington Post: "Governors, State School Superintendents Propose Common Academic Standards"

The Huffington Post: Susan Ohanian: "Politics and Parsnips: Obama's Common Core"

Joint Statement of Early Childhood Health and Education Professionals on the Common Core Standards Initiative