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Retired teacher explains Common Core State Standards

by Submitted Duane Pitts
| October 18, 2013 6:00 AM

This school year, you will hear much about Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Basically, it is a set of national standards aimed at making students college and work place ready as well as preparing them to be competitive on the world market. This system began in the 1990s with the National Governors Association, and 45 states adopted the CCSS in order to receive federal money in the Race to the Top program.

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