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Everything to everyone: Ducey’s Common Core plan buoys both sides in debate
Core examples: A sampling of the state’s voluminous new academic standards
Despite the uproar surrounding them, most of the goals contained in Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards seem anything but controversial. Use abstract nouns. Form and use regular and irregular...
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Raising expectations for Arizona’s schools
He is everything to everyone
Ducey seems to have managed to appease all sides of the Common Core debate in his speech yesterday to the Board of Education. Critics and supporters alike are pleased with...
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How many times was that speech reviewed and replaced?
Common Core opponents express confidence Ducey will get rid of the standards despite his comments today
Looming end to legislative session to see major bill action
The Arizona Legislature’s annual session is drawing to a close and leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives are aiming to adjourn before Easter. That means the coming two...
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Senate committee votes to kill Common Core, but full Senate vote could keep standards alive
The Senate Education Committee voted today to kill Arizona’s Common Core academic standards as foes blamed them for everything from the use of a sexually graphic book in one high...
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Senate committee set to debate Bill ditching Common Core
A Senate committee is set to debate a bill ditching the state’s new Common Core school standards and stripping the state Board of Education’s power to adopt new standards. House...
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Eliminating Common Core would harm student achievement, waste taxpayers’ money
House votes to scrap Common Core academic standards
On a 34-23 margin, the state House voted Wednesday to scrap the Common Core academic standards and essentially force the state Board of Education to start over again from scratch....
