Here is a Washington Post article this morning about the draft standards for English and math that were made public yesterday. From the piece:
The proposal aims to lift expectations for students beyond current standards, which vary widely from state to state, and establish for the first time an effective national consensus on core academic goals to help the United States keep pace with global competitors. Such agreement has proven elusive in the past because of a long tradition of local control over standards, testing and curriculum.
Forty-eight states and DC have signed onto the Common Core initiative, but it still has far to go, the article notes. Checker shares some of his thoughts on the matter with the Post. Read the story to see what he says...