Take a closer look at Common Core, TN's new classroom standards
By Heidi Hall, The Tennessean,
May 6, 2013 -
Williamson
County has become a flashpoint in the debate over the Common Core State
Standards, adopted three years ago in Tennessee but now gaining
attention as they begin to be implemented. Tennessee students will be
tested on the new standards beginning in spring 2015.
Forty-five
states have adopted the standards, which supporters say means Tennessee
students will be learning on a higher level and at the same rate as
their peers across the nation. Opponents fear the process centralizes
education instead of leaving decisions up to individual states and will
result in lower performance. Here are the facts parents need to know: (link)
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