Common Core News Articles

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Please read the article assigned to your group.  Then read at lest two other articles from the list.  Pay close attention to the similarities and differences in the ways the articles characterize the Common Core Standards.  Take notes and copy important quotations into Google Drive page for your reference later.

Zak's Group:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/common-core-clash-aft-president-fires-back-at-state-ed-officials/2013/05/21/a93321e8-c245-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html

Ying's Group:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/common-core-state-standards-in-english-spark-war-over-words/2012/12/02/4a9701b0-38e1-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_print.html

YiWen's Group:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/education/21standards.html?_r=0&pagewanted=print

Berrin's Group:

http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/board-should-go-slow-before-voting-to-opt-out-of-reform/1004126#.UZyJ9GR4b5k

YuWei's Group:

http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20130520/NEWS/305209986?template=printart

Other resources:

http://www.corestandards.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Core_State_Standards_Initiative

http://www.engageny.org/sites/default/files/resource/attachments/ccsstimeline.pdf