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Feds elaborate on the requirements California can’t meet for testing waiver | EdSource Today

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Feds elaborate on the requirements California can’t meet for testing waiver - by John Fensterwald
The federal Department of Education specified for the first time Tuesday what states would have to do to receive a waiver from giving state standardized tests next spring in the one-year transition to implementing the Common Core standards. Within hours, California’s two top education leaders acknowledged in a press release what ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit the Edsource Today webs

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Nationally recognized child care program opening center in California - by Lillian Mongeau
A multi-million dollar preschool and child care center that education leaders say will help close achievement gaps between low-income and wealthier students is coming to California. The center is part of a national network of independently run early education centers operated under an umbrella organization known as Educare. The Educare model ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit the Edsour