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Can GE Help Bring Common Core Standards to Life?
With an $18 million donation, the corporate giant is taking a controversial stand on education reform
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This morning the GE Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the multinational General Electric Company, announced a landmark $18 million investment to support state implementation of the new Common Core standards and train teachers how to use them. It is sure to set off alarm bells among critics of education reform who worry that too many companies are trying to treat school productivity like a business problem. But the truth is the GE gift is a reminder of how rare meaningful corporate involvement actually is.
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Quick background: The Common Core standards are the shared voluntary academic standards
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