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(Wednesday, June 17, 2009) “Using the false argument of cost savings to the state, the budget conference committee took actions yesterday that will ultimately hurt thousands of students across California as they are left underprepared for the workplace that awaits them.” “The CAHSEE ensures that high school graduates have the minimum skills necessary to become productive members of California’s workforce. At a time when California needs to be preparing more students for not only access to college, but the rigor and skills necessary to be successful in college, yesterday’s action by the conference committee takes California in the absolute wrong direction.” For the entire release please click here
(Monday, June 1, 2009) Forty-six states and the District of Columbia today will announce an effort to craft a single vision for what children should learn each year from kindergarten through high school graduation, an unprecedented step toward a uniform definition of success in American schools. The push for common reading and math standards marks a turning point in a movement to judge U.S. children using one yardstick that reflects expectations set for students in countries around the world at a time of global competition. Today, each state decides what to teach in third-grade reading, fifth-grade math and every other class. Critics think some set a bar so that students can pass tests but, ultimately, are ill-prepared. For the entire article please click here
McKinsey & Company Releases Study on the Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America's Schools
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