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How To Fix Our 'Mediocre To Awful' Science Standards

| Posted 08.09.2012 | Science
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Americans have grown accustomed to bad news about student performance in math and science. On a 2009 study administered by the Organization for Econo...

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States Move Away From Exit Exams, Shift Toward College-Readiness

Posted 02.08.2012 | Home
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Fewer states are requiring students to pass high school exit exams to graduate, but more states are increasing standardized testing in college- and ca...

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7 Essentials for Education Reform

Suzanne Tacheny Kubach | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Suzanne Tacheny Kubach

While urgency has increased and many fresh faces have taken up the cause, the core ideas guiding education reform have remained remarkably stable.

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Points to Ponder About the Common Core Standards

Todd Farley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Todd Farley

If there's one thing the uber-confident if minimally-experienced education reformers can agree on, it's that this country's students need "high standards."

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Palin Pulls Alaska Out Of Effort To Write Nationwide Education Standards

Alaska Daily News | MEGAN HOLLAND | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Gov. Sarah Palin's decision to opt out of an effort to write nationwide education standards in reading and math has some Alaska educators cheering and...

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