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As States Pull Back From Common Core, Parents Should Ask 'Why?' - High School Notes (usnews.com)

As States Pull Back From Common Core, Parents Should Ask 'Why?' - High School Notes (usnews.com):


States Pull Back From Common Core Standards

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April 22, 2013 RSS Feed Print
High school students works on an exam. Some states are reversing course on Common Core, citing concerns over increased testing.
Parents should ask why some state lawmakers want to reverse course on adopting Common Core standards.
Lawmakers in some states hope to halt the transition to theCommon Core State Standards, even as school districts across the country are rolling them out.
In Alabama, senators are considering a bill to repeal the standards, which the state's Board of Education adopted in 2010. Alabama schools are already using the new math standards, which aim to give the subject context by teaching high school students to use mathematical models to analyze everyday situations, and are set to implement the 
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