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In all the attention surrounding the Common Core hearings Florida is holding this week, it would have been easy to miss a curious exchange at Tuesday’s…
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The federal government is pushing states to consider adopting a common definition for which students qualify as English language learners, Stateline reports. The decision is important because it could affect
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One of the big complaints critics have of Florida’s new math, English and literacy standards — known as Common Core — is that the standards haven’t been field tested to
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Editor’s note: This post was authored by Sarah Carr and Sarah Butrymowicz for The Hechinger Report. MIAMI—The pushback against the testing component of Common Core here has endangered political support
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In public forums on Common Core this week, the education standards were labeled things like “Obama-Ed” and “Communist Core.” We’ll dissect the biggest…
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A lot was said during the more than five hours of testimony about Common Core in Tampa Tuesday. We thought we’d try to fact-check some of the statements and add
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Editor’s note: This story was written by Sarah Carr for The Hechinger Report. MIAMI—In Chris Kirchner’s freshman English classes at Coral Reef Senior High School, novels like “To Kill a
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Lory Baxley said she drove two hours to discuss her complaints about Common Core standards after checking out her son’s math assignments. Baxley’s son earned top scores on the FCAT,
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The Florida Department of Education will hold the first of three public meetings to discuss multi-state math, literacy and English standards known as Common Core in Tampa this evening. Florida
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The Foundation for Florida’s Future and Foundation for Excellence in Education, influential and public supporters of shared English, literacy and math standards known as Common Core, won’t be present at
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Orlando Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell made an interesting argument over the weekend in favor of Florida’s new Common Core English, literacy and math standards: it will hinder state leaders when
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The Florida Department of Education will hold public hearings on Common Core State Standards in Tampa, Davie and Tallahassee on consecutive days later this month, according to an email from