Who is deciding what will be taught in classrooms of the future?
We've recently found out who will be writing and reviewing the new national or "common core" standards for math and language arts. For those of you who would like to know who is likely to be the group deciding what is important to be taught in classrooms, here's the list.
This year, Maryland and 45 other states decided to jointly develop a common group of standards for what should be taught in kindergarten through high school. The collective wisdom among most education policy experts is that it would be easier and cheaper if there were national standards. In other words, what a second-grader might need to know in Florida or Massachusetts varies little.
But for years, every state developed its own curriculum, standards and tests. That process will likely change soon. For a good story on the subject, go to Education Week.
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Why is ACT dominant in the advisers and reviewers? Who decided the members?
Posted by: Steve | July 6, 2009 7:57 PM
Post @ MSDE & MD Gov. joins 45 other states common group of standards
I promptly wrote via email weeks past directly to the MSDE office of Nancy Grasmick and cc: her secretary Jacqueline Brown following your initial article posted for more detailed information and receive no returned response. Thanks for the important critical follow up provided.
I very much prefer the return back to your reporters city and state Ed beat balanced style on news and education issues.
Posted by: Interested & Engaged Parent of City Schools | July 8, 2009 7:04 AM
Posted by: Interested & Engaged Parent of City Schools | June 9, 2009 6:52 PM
Post @ Education National Standards Agreement initiative.
In following up on wanting to review online this National Standards Agreement document subject. As for seeking my own access to read the National Standards Agreement signed by Gov. Martin O'Malley and state schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick who was being led by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers.
I emailed both Dr. Ronald Pfeiffer at the MSDE Office of the State Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick and also the MSDE office of the Assistant Attorney General (OAG) two separate assistant attorney general contacts in that office asking to be guided by return email reply to where I can view the online National Standards Agreement document. No one has yet returned an email response I wonder why not?
Posted by: Interested & Engaged Parent of City Schools | July 8, 2009 2:44 PM