D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee earlier this week optimistically embraced “The Common Core State Standards Initiative,” started by the National Governors Association, Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers. The project would develop national academic standards that are linked to those of “top performing countries.”
“It would benefit DCPS enormously to be able to benchmark and norm our progress against that of students in other districts across the country. In doing so, we can learn from the best practices of others,” Rhee told me.
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