LAUSD to begin phasing in Common Core curriculum standards
Posted: 08/04/2012 01:44:53 PM PDT
Updated: 08/04/2012 02:37:42 PM PDT
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The way that teachers teach and students learn is about to undergo a radical transformation at school districts nationwide.
Students will start learning basic algebra and geometry skills in kindergarten.
Multiple-choice tests will be replaced with complex essays, taken and scored by computer.
And across every grade level, students will be confronted with tougher reading lessons and more difficult writing assignments.
California, 44 other states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core State Stan
Aquino to engineer LAUSD's Common Core program
Los Angeles Unified's Common Core State Standards program is being engineered by deputy superintendent Jaime Aquino, a native of the Dominican Republic, where he graduated from college at age 20 and became a teacher.
